WHAT HAPPENED IN 17. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 17. century

The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. (1. February 1662)

New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. (2. February 1653)

Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) as sellers could no longer find buyers for their bulb contracts. (3. February 1637)

The colony of Massachusetts issues the first paper money in the Americas. (3. February 1690)

Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. (5. February 1631)

The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland. (6. February 1649)

James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II. (6. February 1685)

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I – the revolt is quickly crushed. (8. February 1601)

The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II. (8. February 1693)

Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. (9. February 1621)

The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War. (9. February 1654)

Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Roman Catholicism the state religion of Ethiopia. (11. February 1626)

The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. (11. February 1659)

The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication. (12. February 1689)

Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. (13. February 1633)

With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government begins to seek peace with Sweden's enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles had refused. As his son and successor on the throne, Charles XI, is only four years old, a regency rules Sweden until 1672. (13. February 1660)

Spain recognizes Portugal as an independent nation. (13. February 1668)

William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. (13. February 1689)

Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. (13. February 1692)

Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor. (15. February 1637)