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Chronology
of
Seventeenth
and
Eighteenth
Century
Europe

1576-1612 Reign of Emperor Rudolf II
1589-1610 Reign of Henry IV of France
1598
13 April
Edict of Nantes.
1598
2 May
Treaty of Vervins.
1598
13 September
Death of Philip II of Spain
1598-1621 Reign of Philip III of Spain
1600 Formation of the English
East India Company
1602 Formation of the Dutch
East India Company
1604-1613 Time of Troubles in Russia
1605 Publication of Cervantes'
Don Quixote.
1607 Suppression of Protestantism
in Donauworth.
1608 Formation of the Protesant Union
1609 Letter of Majesty issued for Bohemia
1609 Formation of the Catholic League
1609 Expulsion of the Moriscos
1609 Johannes Kepler publishes his laws of planetary motion
1610
14 May
Assassination of Henry IV
1610 Galileo Galilei uses publishes the results of his astronomical observations using a telescope.
1618-1648 Thirty Years War
1618-1625 Bohemian Phase of the Thirty Years War
1619-1637 Reign of Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria
1619-1642 Ministry of Cardinal Richelieu
1620
8 November
Battle of White Mountain
1621-1665 Reign of Philip IV of Spain
1621-1665 Twelve Years Truce between Spain and the Dutch Rebels
1625-1629 Danish Phase of the Thirty Years War
1625
5 June
Capture of Breda by Spinola's Spanish army
1626
24-27 August
Battle of Lutter
1627-1628 Siege of La Rochelle, surrendered on 28 October
1628 William Harvey discovers the circulation of the blood
1629
28 March
Edict of Restitution
1630-1634 Swedish Phase of the Thirty Years War
1630
4 July
Gustavus Adolphus lands in Germany
1630
11 November
The Day of the Dupes
1631
13 Apr.
Sack of Magdeburg
631
17 Sept.
Battle of Breitenfeld
1632
15-16 April
Battle of the River Lech
1632
31 Aug-4 Sept
Battle of Alte Veste
1632
30 October
Conspiracy of Gaston and the Duke of Montmorency
1632
16 November
Battle of Lutzen, death of Gustavus Adolphus
1632
Galileo publishes his Two World Systems
1633
March-April
Establishment of the Heilbronn League
1634-1648 French Phase of the Thirty Years War
1634
24 February
Fall and death of Wallenstein
1634
6 September
Battle of Nordlingen
1634
1 November
Treaty of Paris
1635 Establishment of the Academie Francaise
1635
30 April
Treaty of Compiegne
1635
21 May
France declares war on Spain
1635
30 May
Peace of Prague
1636 Rebellion of the Croquants in France
1637-1657 Reign of Emperor Ferdinand III of Austria
1637 Rene Descartes publishes Discourse on Method
1637
15 February
Death of Ferdinand II
1637
10 October
Dutch recapture Breda
1639 Rebellion of the Nu-Pieds in France
1639
21 October
Battle of the Downs
1640-1659 Revolt of the Catalans
1640-1668 Revolt of Portugal
1640-1688 Reign of Frederick William the Great Elector of Brandenburg
1641 Conspiracy of Cinq-Mars
1642
2 November
Second Battle of Breitenfeld
1642
4 December
Death of Richelieu
1643
14 May
Death of Louis XIII
1643
19 May
Battle of Rocroi
1643-1661 Ministry of Cardinal Mazarin
1643-1715 Reign of Louis XIV
1648 Peace of Westphalia
1648-1653 Revolts of the Fronde
1650 Coffee introduced into England by this date
1652-1654 First Anglo-Dutch War
1654 Abdication of Queen Christina of Sweden
1655-1660 First Northern War
1656-1661 Mohammed Kuprulu serves as Grand Vizier of Ottomans
1657 Founding of the Accademia del Cimento
1658-1705 Reign of Emperor Leopold I of Austria
1658
14 June
Battle of the Dunes
1659
7 November
Treaty of the Pyrenees
1661-1678 Ahmed Kuprulu serves as Grand Vizier of the Ottomans
1661 Death of Mazarin
1662 Charles II charters the Royal Society of London
1664
1 August
Battle of St. Gotthard
1665-1700 Reign of Charles II of Spain
1665-1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
1666 Foundation of the Academie Royale des Sciences
1667-1668 War of Devolution
1669 Blaise Pascal publishes Pensees
1669 Isaac Newton discovers calculus
1670-1671 Revolt of Stenka Razin in Russia
1672-1678 Louis XIV's War with Holland
1672-1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War
1675
28 June
Battle of Fehrbellin
1678-1683 Kara Mustafa as Grand Vizier of the Ottomans
1680-1683 Chambers of Reunion
1682-1699 Austro-Turkish War
1683
17 July-12 Sept.
Siege of Vienna
1685
18 October
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
1686
9 July
Formation of the League of Augsburg
1687 Isaac Newton publishes Principia Mathematica
1688-1697 War of the League of Augsburg or the Grand Alliance
1688-1714 Reign of Frederick I of Prussia (as elector from 1688-1701 and king from 1701-1714)
1688
Nov.-Dec.
Glorious Revolution in England
1689-1691 Mustafa Kuprulu as Grand Vizier of the Ottomans
1689-1702 Reign of William and Mary of England (Mary dies in 1694)
1689-1725 Reign of Peter the Great of Russia
1690
1 July
Battle of Fleurus
1690
10 July
Battle of Beachy Head
1691
19 August
Battle of Slankamen
1691
11 July
Battle of the Boyne
1692
29 May-3 June
Battle of LaHogue
1693
30 June
Battle of Lagos
1693
29 July
Battle of Neerwinden
1695-1697 Pierre Bayle publishes his Historical and Critical Dictionary
1697-1698 Peter the Great's tour of western Europe
1697-1718 Reign of Charles XII of Sweden
1697
11 September
Battle of Zenta
1697
20 Sept-30 Oct.
Treaty of Ryswick
1698
11 October
First Treaty of Partition
1698
26 January
Treaty of Karlowitz
1700-1721 Great Northern War
1700 Foundation of the Berlin Academy
1700
13 March
Second Treaty of Partition
1700
3 Ocober
Charles II of Spain names Philip of Anjou as his heir
1700
1 November
Death of Charles II of Spain
1700
30 November
Battle of Narva
1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession
1702-1714 Reign of Queen Anne of England
1703 Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg
27 December Methuen Treaty of trade between Britain and Portugal
1704
4 August
British capture of Gibraltar
1704
13 August
Battle of Blenheim
1705-1711 Reign of Emperor Joseph I of Austria
1705 Edmund Halley discovers Halley's Comet
1706
23 May
Battle of Ramillies
1706
7 September
Battle of Turin
1708
11 July
Battle of Oudenarde
1709
8 July
Battle of Poltava
1709
11 September
Battle of Malpalquet
1711-1740 Reign of Emperor Charles VI of Austria
1711 Death of Emperor Joseph I
1712
24 July
Battle of Denain
1713-1740 Reign of Frederick William I of Prussia
1713 Emperor Charles VI first reveals the Pragmatic Sanction and works on it the rest of his life.
1713
11 April
Treaty of Utrecht
1714-1718 Ottoman War with Venice and Austria
1714-1727 Reign of George I of England
1714
Mar.-Sept.
Treaty of Rastatt and Baden
1715-1774 Reign of Louis XV
1716
5 August
Battle of Peterwardein
1718
21 July
Treaty of Passarowitz
1720 Mississippi Bubble in France
1720 South Sea Bubble in England
1721 Montesquieu publishes Persian Letters
1721
30 August
Treaty of Nystadt
1725 Publication of Vico's New Science
1725 Foundation of the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg by Peter the Great
1725 Publication of John Flamsteed's Catalog of the Stars
1726-1743 Administration of Fleury
1727-1760 Reign of George II of England
1733-1735 War of the Polish Succession
1734 Publication of Voltaire's Letters on the English
1739-1741 War of Jenkins' Ear
1739 Publication of David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature
1739
21 July
Treaty of Belgrade
1740-1786 Reign of Frederick II the Great of Prussia
1740-1780 Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria
1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
1741-1762 Reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia
1741
10 April
Battle of Mollwitz
1743
27 June
Battle of Dettingen
1745-1764 Era of Madame de Pompadour's influence in France
1745
11 May
Battle of Fontenoy
1748 Montesquieu publishes Spirit of the Laws
1748
October
Treaty of Aix-le-Chapelle
1749 Publication of the Comte de Buffon's Natural History
1751-1772 Publication of the Encyclopedie by Diderot and d'Alembert
1751-1754 Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity
1751 Publication of Voltaire's Age of Louis XIV
1755
1 November
Great earthquake at Lisbon
1756-1763 Seven Years War
1756
May
Diplomatic Revolution makes allies of Austria and France
1757
18 June
Battle of Kolin
1757
26 July
Battle of Hastenbeck
1757
30 July
Battle of Grossjagerdorf
1757
5 November
Battle of Rossbach
1757
5 December
Battle of Leuthen
1758 Carl Linnaeus introduces the binomial nomenclature for classifying plants and animals
1758
25 August
Battle of Zorndorf
1758
14 October
Battle of Hochkirch
1759 Voltaire publishes Candide
1759
1 May
Battle of Minden
1759
12 August
Battle of Kunersdorf
1759
3 September
Expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal
1760-1820 Reign of George III of England
1762-1796 Reign of Catherine II the Great of Russia
1762 Rousseau publishes Social Contract
1762
5 January
Death of Empress Elizabeth of Russia
1762
5 May
Treaty of St. Petersburg ends war between Russia and Prussia
1763
10 February
Treaty of Paris
1763
15 February
Treaty of Hubertusburg
1765-1780 Joseph II emperor of Austria and co-regent with his mother Maria Theresa
1773-1775 Revolt of Pugachev in Russia
1774-1792 Reign of Louis XVI
1774-1776 Ministry of Turgot in France
1775-1783 War of American Independence
1776 Publication of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
1776-1788 Publication of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1777-1781 Ministry of Necker in France
1780-1790 Joseph II sole ruler of Austria
1781 Publication of Emmanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
1783-1787 Ministry of Calonne in France
1784-1791 Publication of Johann Gottfried Herder's Idea for the Philosophy of History in four volumes
1785 Affair of the Diamond Necklace