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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1636
1682
1621
2. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1602
1693
1634
1664
3. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1661
1664
1633
4. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1674
1616
1676
1624
5. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1624
1694
1644
1632
6. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1634
1633
1607
7. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1618
1634
1688
1606
8. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1664
1640
1678
1700
9. Battle of L
1632
1634
1668
1692
10. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1622
1601
1647
1663
11. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1621
1690
1678
1665
12. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1618
1608
1676
1689
13. The Great Plague of London.
1665
1616
1685
1689
14. The Great Plague of Seville.
1624
1667
1662
1647
15. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1627
1696
1641
1613
16. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1632
1606
1663
1618
17. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1620
1624
1605
1651
18. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1605
1620
1682
1616
19. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1662
1640
1639
1616
20. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1688
1627
1645
1695
21. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1613
1632
1602
1689
22. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1665
1651
1625
1663
23. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1624
1689
1662
1629
24. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1669
1690
1672
25. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1662
1602
1610
1649
26. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1627
1618
1620
1601
27. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.
1648
1603
1667
1668
28. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1692
1640
1618
1639
29. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1641
1660
1605
1668
30. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1695
1693
1624
1697
31. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1601
1609
1648
1688
32. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1665
1616
1618
1682
33. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1616
1603
1652
1694
34. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1606
1641
1618
1609
35. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1607
1664
1601
1632
36. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1636
1681
1619
1631
37. The Irish Rebellion.
1670
1641
1601
1636
38. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1678
1648
1627
1668
39. The Irish Rebellion.
1648
1667
1622
1641
40. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1641
1627
1645
1625
41. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1660
1610
1645
1683
42. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1655
1690
1609
1692
43. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1605
1673
1613
44. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1683
1605
1670
1632
45. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1606
1674
1672
1634
46. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1634
1609
1640
1644
47. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1654
1673
1636
1687
48. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1636
1648
1667
1674
49. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1641
1620
1622
1688
50. Lithuanian Civil War
1629
1700
1676
1601