The 17th century

9,612 sourced entries across 100 documented years, grouped into 10 decades. A century here runs 1900–1999 rather than 1901–2000, so its decades sit inside it exactly; on the BC side the same rule puts 1–99 BC in the 1st century BC and 100 BC in the 2nd.

Decades

The 1600s — 10 years, 856 entries
The 1610s — 10 years, 892 entries
The 1620s — 10 years, 882 entries
The 1630s — 10 years, 1,001 entries
The 1640s — 10 years, 1,006 entries
The 1650s — 10 years, 1,000 entries
The 1660s — 10 years, 1,060 entries
The 1670s — 10 years, 974 entries
The 1680s — 10 years, 959 entries
The 1690s — 10 years, 982 entries

By subject

Conflict & Security in the 17th century — 1,523 entries
Geopolitics & Diplomacy in the 17th century — 1,025 entries
Culture & Society in the 17th century — 852 entries
Religion & Belief in the 17th century — 750 entries
Exploration & Expansion in the 17th century — 477 entries
Crime & Justice in the 17th century — 317 entries
Technology & Infrastructure in the 17th century — 270 entries
Science & Discovery in the 17th century — 211 entries
Health & Medicine in the 17th century — 175 entries
Disasters & Accidents in the 17th century — 166 entries
Economy & Finance in the 17th century — 142 entries
Climate & Environment in the 17th century — 140 entries

A few of the years

1600January – Nine Years' War against England is renewed by Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, with an invasion of Munster.
1612March 12 – At Daulambapur, near Kamalganj in what is now the Sylhet Division in Bangladesh, a battle takes place between 4,500 troops led by General Islam Khan I of India's Mughal Empire, and 12,000 defenders led by the Afghan warlord Khwaja Usman. The Mughals are almost defeated until Usman is struck in the eye by an arrow fired from a crossbow.
1624January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman occupation, Baghdad is recaptured by the Safavid Empire.
1636August 12 – following a public disputation in Belfast, Henry Leslie, Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor, sentences Edward Brice, Henry Calvert, James Hamilton, John Ridge and one other non-subscribing Presbyterian minister to silence.
1648January 30 – The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Peace of Münster, ending the Eighty Years' War. The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign state (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the States General), which was previously a province of the Spanish Empire. The treaty is ratified by the Netherlands on May 15.
1660January 1 – At daybreak, English Army Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops from his Scottish occupational force, fords the River Tweed at Coldstream in Scotland to cross the Anglo-Scottish border at Northumberland, with a mission of advancing toward London to end military rule of England by General John Lambert and to accomplish the English Restoration, the return of the monarchy to England. By the end of the day, he and his soldiers have gone 15 mi through knee-deep snow to Wooler while the advance guard of cavalry had covered 50 mi to reach Morpeth.
1672March 15 – Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, suspending execution of Penal Laws against Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics in his realms; this will be withdrawn the following year under pressure from the Parliament of England.
1684June 27 – Francisco de Távora, the Viceroy of Portuguese India, a small colony located in southwestern India at Goa, issues an order prohibiting indigenous residents from speaking their native language, Konkani, and directs them to learn Portuguese within the next three years.