1603
| 1603 • Dutch–Portuguese War: the Portuguese ship Santa Catarina is seized by Dutch East India Company ships off Singapore. The first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia is established in Banten. |
1658
Age: 55y
birth of childJohann Valentin Lauck 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1658 • After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire. |
1683
Jul 20
Age: 80y
| 1683 • Shi Lang reaches Taiwan and occupies present day Kaohsiung. |
1683
Jul 22
| 1683 • Battle of Vienna: The Ottoman siege of the city is broken with the arrival of a force of 70,000 Polish, Austrians and Germans under Polish-Lithuanian king Jan III Sobieski, whose cavalry turns their flank (considered to be the turning point in the Ottoman Empire's fortunes). |