17th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1602 | General uprising of the Mapuches under Pelantaro. All cities south of the Bío-Bío River are demolished, in what is now called Destruction of the Seven Cities. | |
| 1604 | A fort established in 1602 at the ruins of Valdivia is abandoned. | |
| 1608 | Jesuits arrive to Chiloé. | |
| 1612 | Beginning of the Defensive War phase (promoted by Luis de Valdivia) in the Arauco War. | |
| 1639 | The alcabala is reestablished after it had been suspended since the Disaster of Curalaba in 1598. | |
| 1643 | Dutch occupation of Valdivia. | |
| 1645 | Repopulation of Valdivia and construction of the Valdivian Fort System, Valdivia becomes part of Viceroyalty of Peru. | |
| 1647 | Santiago is struck by an earthquake. | |
| 1655 | A general insurrection moves for some years the frontier between the Spaniards and the mapuches from the Bío-Bío River north to the Maule River. | |
| 1664 | The Viceroalty of Peru estimates 30,000 to 42,000 Spaniards to have died in Chile of which half would have died by the direct consequences of the Arauco War. | |
| 1667 | Governor Francisco de Meneses is destitute after accusations of immorality against him. | |
| 1672 | The jesuits established in Chiloé Island founds a mission in the Nahuel Huapi Lake that lasts until 1717. | |
| 1680 | Bartholomew Sharp destroys and pillages La Serena. | |
| 1681 | By royal decree, the Atacama desert is declared to be the border between the Captain-Generalship of Chile and the Viceroyalty of Peru. | |
| 1687 | Chilean wheat exports to Peru increase since Peru is affected by a major earthquake and plague. |
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