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17th Century Timeline

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1. Lithuanian Civil War






2. Naval Battle of the Downs






3. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






4. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






5. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






6. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






7. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.






8. Famine in France kills 2 million.






9. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






10. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






11. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






12. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






13. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






14. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






15. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






16. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






17. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






18. The Defenestration of Prague






19. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






20. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






21. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






22. The Ottomans capture Crete.






23. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.






24. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






25. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






26. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






27. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






28. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






29. Mehmed K






30. The Irish Rebellion.






31. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






32. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






33. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






34. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






35. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






36. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






37. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






38. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






39. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.






40. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






41. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






42. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.






43. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






44. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






45. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






46. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






47. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






48. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.






49. The Deluge wars leave Polish






50. The Irish Rebellion.