17th century
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The 17th century began on January 1, 1601 and ended on December 31, 1700.
Events
1600e
1601: Battle of Kinsale, the most significant battle in Irish history.
1603: Elizabeth I dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I Stuart, uniting the Crown of Scotland and England
1603-1623: After modernizing his army, Abbas I expands Persia, occupying territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese
1607: A London company establishes Jamestown in North America by participating in the British colonization of the Americas.
1608: Quebec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (now Canada).
1610e
1610 - 1643: Reign of Louis XIII in France.
1611: King James Bible completed.
1613: Troubled times in Russia end with the beginning of the Romanov dynasty, which ruled until 1917.
1615: The Mughal Empire grants trading rights to the British East India Company.
1618-1648: The Thirty Years' War ravages Central Europe.
1620e
1624-1642: As chief minister, Armand Jean di Plessis de Richelieu centralizes power in France.
1625: A Dutch West India Company establishes New Amsterdam in North America.
1625-1649: Reign of Charles I in England.
1630e
1637: Crash of the Dutch Tulip Stock Exchange.
1637: Pecot War, the first of three American-Indian wars
1639-1651: Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Civil Wars in Scotland, Ireland, and England.
1639: Belgrade Peace.
1640e
1640: Portugal regains independence from Spain, ending the Iberian Union.
1640: Torture is banned in England.
1641: Tokugawa Shogunate introduces the Sakoku institution - foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1642: Revolution in England.
1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover New Zealand.
1643 - 1715: Reign of Louis XIV in France.
1644: Manchus conquer China, ending the Ming Dynasty. The Qing dynasty came to power and ruled until 1912.
1645-1669: Candian War of the Ottoman Empire against the Venetian Republic.
1648: The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years 'and Eighties' Wars, as well as the period of Spanish and Holy Roman Empire rule in Europe.
1648-1653: Fronda - Civil War in France.
1648-1667: The Delusk wars leave Poland in ruins.
1648-1669: The Ottoman Empire conquers Crete from Venice after Candia
