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17th Century Timeline

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1. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






2. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.






3. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






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






5. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.






6. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.






7. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






8. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.






9. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






10. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






11. Aurochs go extinct.






12. 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.






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






14. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.






15. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






16. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






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






18. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.






19. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






20. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






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






23. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






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






25. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






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






27. The fortresses of Veszpr






28. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






29. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






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






31. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.






32. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






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






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






35. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






36. Famine in France kills 2 million.






37. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






38. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






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






40. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.






41. 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






42. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.






43. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






44. Polish-Ottoman War.






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






46. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






47. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






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49. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






50. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.