1617
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Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
Decades: | 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s |
Years: | 1614 1615 1616 - 1617 - 1618 1619 1620 |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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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
[edit] July - December
- October 9 - The Treaty of Pavia is signed between Spain and Savoy, under which Savoy returns Monferrato to Mantua.
- November 17 - Inconclusive naval battle between Sicilians and Venetians
[edit] Undated
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623).
- 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 |
Chinese calendar | 4253/4313-11-24 (丙辰年十一月廿四日) — to —
4254/4314-12-4(丁巳年十二月初四日) |
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) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2277 (皇紀2277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 (died 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 (born c1595)
- April 4 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
- April 5 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (born 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 (born c1563)
- November 10 - Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer (born c1540)
- November 22 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (b. 1590)