- April 23
- Loreto Vittori composer, dies at age 69. [1]
- April 29
- Pope Clemens X elected. [1]
- May 2
- King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company. [1]
- May 24
- Ferdinand II ruler of Toscane, dies at age 59. [1]
- July 25
- Jews are expelled from Vienna Austria. [1]
- November 7
- In China, a meteorite breaks the roof beam of a house. [521]
- December 8
- A fleet of 36 ships and 1800 men sets sail under English captain Henry Morgan for a raid on Panama. [695.21]
- December 16
- Dorothy first English marquis of Halifax, dies. [1]
- December 31
- France and England sign Boyne-treaty. [1]
1671
- January 18
- Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panamá. [1]
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- January 27
- Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City. [1]
- April 14
- Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin. [1]
- April 22
- King Charles II sits in on English parliament. [1]
- April 30
- Péter Zrinyi Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at age 49. [1]
- May 7
- Edward Montagu English baron Kimbolton, dies at about age 68. [1]
- Pieter Stockmans Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at age 62. [1]
- May 9
- Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels. [1]
- June 16
- Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin tortured, executed in Moscow. [1]
- October 25
- Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn. [1]
1672
- January 1
- Jean Racine's "Bajazet" premieres in Paris. [1]
- January 11
- Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society. [1]
- February 8
- Isaac Newton reads first optics paper before Royal Society in London. [1]
- February 23
- Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam. [1]
- March 15
- King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence. [1]
- March 17
- England declares war on Netherlands. [1]
- April 6
- France declares war on Netherlands. [1]
- April 22
- Georg Stiernhielm Swedish scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 6
- Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands. [1]
- May 15
- First copyright law enacted by Massachusetts. [1]
- May 17
- Frontenac becomes Governor of New France (Canada). [1]
- June 25
- First recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Massachusetts [1]
- August 1
- King Charles II demonetizes copper tokens and announces copper farthings and halfpence will be minted. [459.64]
- November 6
- Death of Heinrich Schütz in Dresden; German composer (Dafne, Musikalische Exequien, Kleine geistliche Konzerte). [37]
- December 10
- New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston. [1]
- December 13
- Jan II Kazimierz king of Poland (1648-68), dies at age 63. [1]
- December 16
- John II Casimir Vasa cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at age 63. [1]
- December 23
- Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn. [1]
- December 30
- First public music concert, held in London, England, by organizer John Banister. Fee for audience is 1 shilling each. [55.45]
- Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Netherlands. [1]
1673
- January 13
- Jean Racine's "Mithridate" premieres in Paris. [1]
- January 22
- Postal service between New York and Boston inaugurated. [1]
- February 17
- Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author and dramatist, dies in Paris at age 51. [1]
- February 20
- First recorded wine auction held (London). [1]
- February 21
- French playwright and actor-manager Moliere collapses during a performance of La Malade Imaginaire, and dies in his house in the Rue de Richelieu, Paris. [467]
- Michiel A de Ruyter appointed Lieutenant-Admiral-General of Dutch fleet. [1]
- March 15
- Salvatore Rosa Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at age 57. [1]
- March 18
- Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers. [1]
- March 28
- Adam Pijnacker Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at age 51. [1]
- March 29
- English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholic excluded of public functions. [1]
- April 5
- François Caron Admiral/Governor (Formosa), drowns at about age 72. [1]
- May 7
- Johannes Teellinck Dutch vicar, dies at about age 58. [1]
- May 17
- Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi. [1]
- July 24
- Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate. [1]
- August 9
- Dutch recapture New York from English; regained by English in 1674. [1]
- December 16
- Juan de Padilla composer, dies at age 68. [1]
- December 28
- Joan Blaeu Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at age 77. [1]
1674
- January 10
- Jacob de Witt Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/Member of Parliament, dies at age 84. [1]
- January 11
- Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at age 58. [1]
- January 12
- Giacomo Carissimi Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at age 68. [1]
- February 9
- English re-conquer New York from Netherlands. [1]
- February 19
- Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (New York City becomes English). [1]
- February 22
- John Wilson composer, dies at age 78. [1]
- March 6
- Johann Paul Schor German barok painter, dies at age 58. [1]
- April 6
- Charles de Méan Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at age 69. [1]
- April 22
- Netherlands and Münster sign peace treaty. [1]
- May 11
- Netherlands and Cologne sign peace treaty. [1]
- May 21
- General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland. [1]
- May 28
- German Parliament declares war on France. [1]
- November 10
- Dutch formally cede New Netherlands to English. [1]
- December 4
- Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago. [1]
- December 9
- Edward Hyde first earl of Clarendon English Prime Minister (1660-67), dies at age 65. [1]
- December 21
- Rutger van Haersolte viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about age 66. [1]
1675
- January 1
- Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragón becomes Spanish land guardian of South Netherlands. [1]
- January 5
- Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg. [1]
- January 8
- First American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co). [1]
- January 31
- Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft. [1]
- February 9
- Gerard Dou Dutch painter, buried. [1]
- February 21
- Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland. [1]
- March 2
- Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel. [1]
- March 4
- John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England. [1]
- May 18
- Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago) dies at age 37. [1]
- June 22
- Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II. [1]
- December 5
- John Lightfoot English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at age 73. [1]
- December 15
- John Vermeer Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at age 43. [1]
1676
- January 14
- Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian (opera)composer, dies at age 73. [1]
- January 17
- Pier Francesco Cavalli Italian opera composer, dies at age 73. [1]
- January 29
- Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia. [1]
- February 8
- Aleksei M Romanov Czar of Russia, dies at age 46. [1]
- February 10
- Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Massachusetts. [1]
- February 17
- Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty. [1]
- March 23
- Paulus Wirtz [Würtz], German/Netherlands army commander, dies at age 63. [1]
- April 18
- Sudbury Massachusetts attacked by Indians. [1]
- April 22
- Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain versus France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded. [1]
- April 29
- Michiel A de Ruyter Dutch Rear-Admiral, (Newport), killed at age 69. [1]
- May 10
- Bacon's Rebellion, frontiersmen versus Virginia Government begins. [1]
- June 1
- A Danish-Dutch fleet defeats a Swedish fleet off Öland. The Swedish ship Kronan turns too quickly, keels over, capsizes, explodes, and sinks, killing about 800 on board, with 42 surviving. [7]
- August 12
- King Philip's War (vs Wampanoag Indians) ends in New England. [1]
- September 19
- Timbers from a church burns to the ground, at Jamestown, Virginia colony, during Bacon's Rebellion against Virginia colonial government. [1616.13]
- October 18
- Nathaniel Bacon rallied against Virginian government, killed at age 29. [1]
- November 16
- First colonial prison organized, Nantucket, Massachusetts. [1]
- December 3
- Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen. [1]
- Daniel Stalpaert Amsterdams master builder, buried. [1]
- December 4
- Johann Georg Ebeling composer, dies at age 39. [1]
- The Battle of Lund is fought. Swedish forces defeat the Danes, driving them out. 5000 Danes and 3000 Swedes are killed. [7]
1677
- January 9
- Aernout "Aert" van der Neer cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at age 73. [1]
- January 18
- John A van Riebeeck Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at age 57. [1]
- January 21
- First medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston. [1]
- February 15
- King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands. [1]
- February 16
- Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower. [1]
- February 21
- [Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza philosopher, dies at age 44. [1]
- March 13
- Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000. [1]
- March 28
- Wenzel Hollar Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about age 69. [1]
- April 11
- Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III. [1]
- April 22
- Battle at Catania between French and Dutch fleet. [1]
- Wenzel E Fürst von Lobkowitz Austria chancellor (16??-74), dies at age 68. [1]
- April 26
- Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck. [1]
- December 12
- Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin. [1]
- Jacob Binckes/Benckes Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle. [1]
1678
- January 2
- Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva". [1]
- January 4
- Johan Maetsuyker Dutch Governor-General of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at age 71. [1]
- January 7
- Johannes Flittner composer, dies at age 59. [1]
- January 24
- Joan Maetsuyker Governor-General of Netherlands East-Indies, dies at age 72. [1]
- February 10
- Philip Vingboons Amsterdam's master builder, buried. [1]
- February 13
- Tycho Brahe first sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system. [1]
- February 18
- John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published. [1]
- February 27
- Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower. [1]
- April 25
- French troops conquer Ypres. [1]
- May 3
- French conquering fleet at Curaçao, 1200 die. [1]
- May 5
- Anna M van Schurman Dutch poet/spoke ten languages, dies at about age 70. [1]
- May 6
- Joseph de La Barre composer, dies at age 44. [1]
- May 11
- French Admiral Jean d'Estrées' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaçao. [1]
- May 17
- King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty. [1]
- May 31
- Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes. [1]
- August 3
- Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built in America. [1] [5]
- October 2
- General Wu San-kuei invited Manchus in China, dies trying to expell them. [1]
- December 3
- Edmund Halley receives Master of Arts degree from Queen's College, Oxford. [1]
1679
- January 9
- Werner Fabricius composer, dies at age 45. [1]
- January 24
- King Charles II disbands English parliament. [1]
- January 31
- Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellérophon" premieres in Paris. [1]
- February 3
- Jan Havicksz Steen Dutch painter (Saint Nicolas Feast), dies at age 53. [1]
- February 5
- German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France. [1]
- Joost van den Vondel Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at age 91. [1]
- March 27
- Abraham Mignon Dutch still life painter, dies at age 38. [1]
- April 3
- Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig. [1]
- May 27
- Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in England. [1]
- October 23
- Meal Tub Plot against James II of England. [1]
- November 3
- Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet. [1]
- December 17
- Don Juan, ruler of Spain, dies. [1]
- December 20
- Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at age 75. [1]
- December 23
- The Mexico City Mint begins striking first gold coins of the New World. [434.126]
- December 26
- John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at age 53. [1]
- December 27
- Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java. [1]
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