Explore 174 historical events from 1670–1679.
Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later fo…
Shivaji, who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the firs
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North Amer
Cornelis de Witt was a Dutch States Navy officer and statesman. During the First Stadtholderless Period, De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was oppose…
Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1623)
French people are the individuals who are identified with the country of France, or more broadly, a global sociolinguistic group that share a common connection through the French l…
French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make
Samuel Cooper, sometimes spelt Samuel Cowper, was an English miniature painter. He was the younger brother of Alexander Cooper.
Samuel Cooper, English painter and linguist (born 1609)
The siege of Cambrai took place from 20 March to 19 April 1677 during the 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War; then part of the Spanish Netherlands, it was invested by a French army under t…
The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops
Georg Stiernhielm was a Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. He has been called "the father of the Swedish skald art".
Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (born 1598)
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter was a Dutch States Navy officer. His achievements with the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars earned him the reputation as one of the greatest na…
Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born 1607)
Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious af…
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous exampl…
A royal charter granted the Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly in the fur trade in Rupert's Land (present-day Canada)
Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious af…
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog
A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail. The main mast is…
The brigantine Le Griffon becomes the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
Pierre-Paul Guérin de Tencin was a French ecclesiastic and statesman, who was archbishop of Embrun and Lyon and cardinal. His sister was Claudine Guérin de Tencin.
Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (died 1758)
Jan Dismas Zelenka was a Czech composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.
Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech viol player and composer (died 1745)
Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow (Horrebov) was a Danish astronomer. Born in Løgstør, Jutland to a poor family of fishermen, Horrebow entered the University of Copenhagen in 1703. He worke…
Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (died 1764)
Samuel Freiherr von Cocceji was a German official from the Electorate of the Palatinate who served Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of Heinrich von Co…
Samuel von Cocceji, Prussian jurist and statesman (died 1755)
James Sharp, or Sharpe, was a minister in the Church of Scotland, or kirk, who served as Archbishop of St Andrews from 1661 to 1679. His support for Episcopalianism, or governance …
James Sharp, Scottish archbishop (born 1613)
Ferdinand Maria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. The Elector modernized the army and introduced Bavaria's first g…
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (born 1636)
Guillaume Courtois or italianized as Guglielmo Cortese, called Il Borgognone or Le Bourguignon, was a Free Burgundian-Italian painter, draughtsman and etcher. He was mainly active …
Guillaume Courtois, French painter and illustrator (born 1628)
Sir John Snell, founder of the Snell Exhibitions at the University of Oxford, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of a blacksmith. He attended the University of Glasgow from 16…
John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (born 1629)
Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (born 1614)
John Joseph of Austria, also called John the Younger was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the Ki…
John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (born 1629)
William Gurnall was an English author and Anglican clergyman born at King's Lynn, Norfolk, where he was baptised on 17 November 1616.
William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (born 1617)
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician. A younger son of the Earl of Cork, the largest landowner in Munster, like many Irish Protestants he suppo…
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish-English soldier and politician (born 1621)
The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Ven…
Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the Univers
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was a French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississi…
Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado, also known as Amaro Pargo, was a Spanish privateer and merchant. He was one of the most well-known Spanish privateers during the Golden Age…
Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (died 1747)
Nicola Francesco Haym was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theatre manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist. He is best remembered for adapting texts into libre…
Nicola Francesco Haym, Italian cellist and composer (died 1729)
Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, El…
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1711)
Anna Waser was a Swiss painter.
Anna Waser, Swiss painter (died 1714)
Juan García de Zéspedes was a Mexican composer, singer, viol player, and teacher.
Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (born 1619)
Andrew Marvell was an English poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleagu…
Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (born 1621)
Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey was an English magistrate whose mysterious death caused anti-Catholic uproar in England. Contemporary documents also spell the name Edmundbury Godfrey.
Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (born 1621)
Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was a British Tory politician and philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his a…
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern…