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17th Century Timeline
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1. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1672
1644
1622
1626
2. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1652
1699
1663
1700
3. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1664
1603
1664
4. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1609
1688
1605
1699
5. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1672
1662
1625
1699
6. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1664
1665
1683
1667
7. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1682
1636
1682
8. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1648
1616
1669
1640
9. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1608
1610
1603
1693
10. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1665
1689
1634
1616
11. Polish-Ottoman War.
1620
1682
1672
1609
12. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1672
1651
1665
1634
13. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1641
1689
1621
1661
14. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1648
1672
1613
15. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1670
1605
1682
1654
16. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1673
1611
1648
1618
17. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1620
1669
1692
1687
18. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1624
1688
1648
19. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1689
1648
1647
20. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1618
1674
1620
1699
21. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1601
1622
1642
1683
22. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1648
1665
1688
1667
23. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1616
1664
1610
1645
24. Aurochs go extinct.
1611
1611
1700
1627
25. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1603
1688
1651
1663
26. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1645
1700
1694
27. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1672
1681
1608
1674
28. The Russian famine of 1601
1674
1622
1670
1601
29. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1642
1639
1683
1689
30. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1665
1644
1662
1606
31. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1647
1652
1644
1663
32. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1652
1623
1672
1610
33. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1683
1631
1682
1624
34. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1670
1631
1674
1687
35. Mary II of England dies
1618
1618
1636
1694
36. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1688
1666
1624
1667
37. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1662
1689
1641
1624
38. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1636
1699
1665
1664
39. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1627
1610
1683
1660
40. Naval Battle of the Downs
1700
1640
1669
1639
41. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1672
1605
1620
42. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1618
1605
1633
1640
43. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1664
1645
1700
44. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1627
1621
1639
1610
45. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1648
1663
1630
1642
46. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1672
1637
1699
1603
47. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1687
1676
1601
1694
48. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1632
1676
1652
1665
49. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1622
1616
1664
1651
50. Mary II of England dies
1620
1602
1611
1694