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17th Century Timeline
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1. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1642
1626
1601
1658
2. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1618
1696
1624
1610
3. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1660
1674
1700
4. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1644
1690
1625
1674
5. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1662
1613
1672
1624
6. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1630
1672
1648
1688
7. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1682
1630
1689
1682
8. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1669
1665
1603
1676
9. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1618
1665
1700
1606
10. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1633
1685
1672
1644
11. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1699
1645
1605
12. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1632
1688
1647
1624
13. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1647
1606
1682
14. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1606
1627
1658
1616
15. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1663
1647
1648
1629
16. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1606
1660
1603
17. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1609
1609
1687
1672
18. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1700
1602
1676
1636
19. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1652
1682
1618
1665
20. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1605
1634
1665
1642
21. Mehmed K
1624
1644
1680
1661
22. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1632
1668
1618
1663
23. The Russian famine of 1601
1662
1640
1601
1603
24. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1688
1606
1624
1616
25. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1661
1642
1687
26. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1644
1642
1634
1662
27. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1611
1682
1667
28. Battle of L
1632
1652
1670
1611
29. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1699
1652
1606
1647
30. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1689
1616
1660
31. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1639
1688
1606
1676
32. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1620
1688
1606
1601
33. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1645
1658
1606
1665
34. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1642
1700
1694
1624
35. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1682
1699
1624
1667
36. Torture is outlawed in England.
1606
1648
1629
1640
37. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1620
1613
1683
1667
38. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1672
1676
1681
1637
39. Polish
1607
1649
1669
1613
40. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1629
1648
1641
1689
41. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1688
1647
1672
1682
42. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1693
1613
1700
1603
43. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1618
1607
1606
1630
44. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1607
1674
1610
1661
45. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1606
1673
1620
1606
46. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1647
1629
1692
1685
47. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1664
1611
1640
1618
48. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1683
1619
1634
1665
49. Ren
1641
1673
1678
1602
50. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1672
1682
1697
1665
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