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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.






2. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






3. Lithuanian Civil War






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






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






7. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






8. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






9. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






10. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.






11. The Great Plague of Seville.






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






13. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






14. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s






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






16. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






17. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






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






19. Polish-Ottoman War.






20. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






21. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.






22. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






23. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).






24. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






25. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






26. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






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






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






29. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






30. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






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






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34. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






35. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






36. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






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






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






40. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






41. Battle of L






42. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






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






44. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






45. The Great Plague of London.






46. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






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






48. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.






49. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






50. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.