1617

Events

• 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.
• February 27 - Peace is reached between Russia and Sweden with the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War. Sweden gains Ingermanland and Karelia.

Births

• January 6 - Kristoffer Gabel
• November 19 - Eustache Le Sueur, painter
• Gerard Terborch, Dutch painter

Deaths

• February 6 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist
• April 4 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician
• April 5 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer
• May 7 - David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer
• November 22 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor
• Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan
• Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch painter (b. 1558)
• Pocahontas, Algonquian Indian princess