Explore 86 historical events from 1670–1679.
Frederick I was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the …
Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (died 1751)
Fältmarskalk Carl Gustaf Wrangel was a Swedish statesman and military commander who commanded the Swedish forces in the Thirty Years' War, as well as the Torstenson, Bremen, Second…
Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1613)
Pope Clement X, born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 April 1670 to his death on 22 July 1676.
Pope Clement X (born 1590)
The Scanian War was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought from 1675 to 1679 mainly on Scanian soil, in the former…
Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland
Humphry Ditton was an English mathematician. He was the author of several influential works.
Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1715)
Francesco Scipione Maffei was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquiti…
Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and playwright (died 1755)
Mary Walcott was one of the "afflicted" girls called as a witness at the Salem witch trials in early 1692-93.
Mary Walcott, American accuser and witness at the Salem witch trials (died 1719)
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco was an Italian composer, violinist, and cellist.
Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (died 1742)
Claude Alexandre, Count of Bonneval, was a French army officer who later went into the service of the Ottoman Empire, eventually converting to Islam and becoming known as Humbaracı…
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (died 1747)
Stanisław Lubieniecki was a Polish Socinian theologist, historian, astronomer, and writer. He is the eponym of the lunar crater Lubiniezky.
Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (born 1623)
Jacques Marquette, sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and la…
Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (born 1637)
Gaspard Dughet, also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome.
Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (born 1613)
Charles Emmanuel II ; 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675) was Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 October 1638 until his death in 1675 and under regency of his mother Ch…
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (born 1634)
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, commonly known as Turenne, was a French general and one of only six marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The m…
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (born 1611)
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian, and one of the commissioners of the Great Seal during the Interregnum.
Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (born 1605)
John III Sobieski was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
John III Sobieski becomes king of Poland-Lithuania
The szlachta were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was the dominating social class i…
The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
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 is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort
The invasion of Martinique in 1674 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Dutch Republic to conquer the Caribbean island of Martinique from France. In spite of overwhelming Dutch super…
A Dutch assault on the French island of Martinique is repulsed against all odds.
Isaac Watts was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works …
Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (died 1748)
John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdashe…
John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (born 1620)
Marin le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville was a French poet and novelist.
Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (born 1600)
Tomás de Yepes or Hiepes was a Spanish Baroque painter in the Kingdom of Valencia. He worked as a painter of still life and bodegón—still life paintings depicting pantry items. He …
Tomás Yepes, Spanish painter (born 1595 or 1600)
Jijabai, was the mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. He belonged to the lineage of Deva…
Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (born 1598)