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17th Century Timeline
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1. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1605
1620
1611
1618
2. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1618
1688
1660
1620
3. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1631
1693
1663
1603
4. Battle of L
1606
1634
1632
1648
5. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1676
1683
1669
1700
6. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1666
1603
1673
1664
7. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1607
1700
1603
8. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1667
1665
1682
1624
9. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1699
1689
1641
10. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1688
1688
1672
1603
11. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1670
1692
1688
1620
12. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1688
1633
1676
1611
13. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1610
1674
1694
1636
14. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1683
1660
1637
1689
15. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1663
1609
1644
1623
16. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1624
1689
1613
1663
17. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1642
1693
1680
1682
18. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1610
1661
1665
1644
19. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1683
1601
1652
1618
20. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1673
1687
1694
1682
21. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1631
1629
1634
1601
22. Naval Battle of the Downs
1627
1639
1613
1674
23. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1642
1620
1644
1672
24. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1673
1629
1672
1633
25. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1607
1665
1645
1603
26. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1610
1601
1681
27. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1620
1664
1685
1665
28. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1639
1688
1632
1666
29. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1620
1645
1602
30. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1672
1682
1664
1630
31. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1609
1672
1664
1639
32. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1647
1647
1630
1603
33. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1610
1667
1692
1618
34. The Irish Rebellion.
1610
1641
1665
1610
35. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1613
1602
1669
1688
36. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1616
1640
1689
1610
37. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1627
1688
1652
38. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1661
1688
1683
39. Battle of L
1642
1694
1632
1616
40. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1663
1623
1620
1672
41. The Bank of England is established.
1601
1694
1688
1603
42. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1664
1633
1641
1611
43. The fortresses of Veszpr
1667
1605
1689
1676
44. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1699
1696
1610
1692
45. Ren
1624
1641
1676
1630
46. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1687
1632
1620
1644
47. Polish
1688
1608
1613
1605
48. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1616
1672
1620
49. Lithuanian Civil War
1660
1652
1700
1619
50. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1654
1634
1670
1660
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