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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1648
1606
1688
2. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1603
1648
1674
1688
3. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1672
1660
1637
1607
4. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1699
1700
1683
1689
5. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1669
1672
1632
6. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1663
1645
1665
1667
7. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1618
1655
1654
1601
8. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1618
1689
1700
1663
9. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1672
1616
1620
1667
10. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1695
1610
1688
1689
11. 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.
1700
1632
1648
1693
12. 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.
1606
1648
1631
1601
13. The Russian famine of 1601
1685
1652
1601
1696
14. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1623
1662
1667
1632
15. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1676
1633
1639
1674
16. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.
1682
1693
1642
1652
17. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1613
1676
1639
1606
18. Torture is outlawed in England.
1606
1639
1640
1648
19. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1627
1619
1609
1658
20. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1665
1660
1625
1618
21. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1624
1664
1665
22. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1667
1634
1700
23. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616
1640
1662
1649
24. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1620
1667
1644
1687
25. Fronde civil war in France.
1676
1665
1648
1632
26. The Defenestration of Prague
1631
1639
1655
1618
27. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1606
1676
1674
1636
28. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1618
1689
1661
29. Mehmed K
1637
1610
1661
1688
30. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1667
1652
1632
1625
31. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1645
1672
1688
32. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1670
1606
1618
1662
33. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1685
1660
1688
1669
34. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1700
1685
1663
1669
35. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1683
1621
1662
1689
36. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1620
1639
1640
1648
37. The Great Plague of London.
1623
1670
1665
1640
38. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1682
1639
1692
1700
39. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1692
1644
1667
40. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1603
1634
1605
1649
41. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1611
1642
1697
1692
42. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1624
1637
1660
1661
43. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1665
1606
1630
1670
44. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1633
1645
1632
1662
45. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1700
1629
1672
1637
46. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1630
1667
1669
1682
47. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1607
1682
1700
1630
48. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1689
1689
1665
1610
49. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1622
1681
1606
1605
50. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1618
1639
1681