1617
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s – 1610s – 1620s 1630s 1640s |
| Years: | 1614 1615 1616 – 1617 – 1618 1619 1620 |
| 1617 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1617 (MDCXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1617
[edit] January–June
- February 27 – The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia. Sweden gains Ingermanland and Karelia.
- April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats the Dutch in the Philippines.
[edit] July–December
- September 1 – Weighing ceremony of Jahangir. Described by English ambassador to the Mughal court Sir Thomas Roe.
- October 9 – The Treaty of Pavia is signed between Spain and Savoy, under which Savoy returns Monferrato to Mantua.
- November 17 – A naval battle between the Sicilians and Venetians ends inconclusively.
[edit] Undated
- Mustafa I (1617–1623) succeeds Ahmed I (1603–1617) as Ottoman Emperor.
- Francesco Andreini's The Penitent Magdalene is published.
- Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor closes some Protestant churches.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1617 MDCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2370 |
| Armenian calendar | 1066 ԹՎ ՌԿԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -227 – -226 |
| Berber calendar | 2567 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2161 |
| Burmese calendar | 979 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7125 – 7126 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十一月廿四日 (4253/4313-11-24) — to —
丁巳年十二月初四日(4254/4314-12-4) |
| Coptic calendar | 1333 – 1334 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1609 – 1610 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5377 – 5378 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1672 – 1673 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1539 – 1540 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4718 – 4719 |
| Holocene calendar | 11617 |
| Iranian calendar | 995 – 996 |
| Islamic calendar | 1025 – 1027 |
| Japanese calendar | Genna 3 (元和3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3950 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2160 |
- January 6 – Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (d. 1673)
- May 23 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (d. 1692)
- October 5 – Dorothy Spencer, Countess of Sunderland
- November 19 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655)
- December – Gerard ter Borch, Dutch painter (d. 1681)
- December 22 – Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
- date unknown
- Paolo Casati, mathematician
- Lozang Gyatso, 5th Dalai Lama
[edit] Deaths
- January 1 – Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
- January 17 – Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551)
- February 6 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1553)
- March 21 – Pocahontas, Algonquian Indian princess (b. c. 1595)
- April 4 – John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
- April 5 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
- May 7 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (b. 1564)
- August 13 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
- August 30 – Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
- September 25 – Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan (b. 1572)
- October 27 – Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. c. 1563)
- November 10 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer (b. c. 1540)
- November 22 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (b. 1590)
