Explore 44 historical events from 1670–1679.
Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the f…
Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River
Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Germans, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Archduchess consort of Austria etc. as the spouse of Josep…
Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1742)
Joseph Addison was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Ste…
Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (died 1719)
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)
Marie of the Incarnation was a French Ursuline nun from Quebec City. As part of a group of nuns sent to New France to establish the Ursuline Order, Marie was crucial in the spread …
Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (born 1599)
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)
Sir John Trevor III was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1672.
John Trevor, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1626)
John Law was a Scottish-French economist and financier. He rose to power in France where he created a novel financial scheme for French public finances known as Law's System with t…
John Law, Scottish economist (died 1729)
Gian Gastone de' Medici was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany.
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1737)
Major-General Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, KG, KB, FRS was an English army officer and courtier who commanded Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War and for…
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (born 160
Thomas Blood was an Anglo-Irish army officer and self-styled colonel best known for his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671. Described in …
Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London
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
Dover is a town, major ferry port and civil parish in Kent, England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at 33 kilometres (21 mi) …
In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force Engla
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St. Albans, KG was an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England by his mistress Nell Gwyn.
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1726)
Augustus II the Strong, was Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his deat…
Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (died 1733)
Niccolò Zucchi was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist.
Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (born 1586)
Ferdinando II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. Remembered by his contemporaries…
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1610)
John Davenport was an English Puritan clergyman and co-founder of the American colony of New Haven.
John Davenport, English minister, co-founded the New Haven Colony (born 1597)
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)
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.
Charles II and Louis XIV signed a secret treaty, requiring England to aid France in its war against the Dutch Republic a