Explore 131 historical events from 1670–1679.
Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, was an Austrian Generalfeldmarschall. The current spelling of the name, and the spelling used in his time, is mostly Abensperg.
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (died 1748)
Isaac Barrow was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for…
Isaac Barrow, English mathematician and theologian (born 1630)
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol was an English politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641, when he was raised to the House of Lords by a writ of acc…
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (born 1612)
William Louis was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.
William Louis, duke of Württemberg (born 1647)
Francesco Buonamici was an Italian Baroque architect, painter and engraver who was active in Lucca, Malta, Sicily and Rome during the 17th century. He played a significant role in …
Francesco Buonamici, Italian architect, painter and engraver (born 1596)
James Harrington was an English political theorist known for his contributions to classical republican thought. He is best known for The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656), an expositio…
James Harrington, English philosopher and author (born 1611)
The Trunajaya Rebellion or Trunajaya War was a conflict in the 1670s led by the Madurese prince Trunajaya and Makassarese fighters against the Mataram Sultanate and the Dutch East …
Trunajaya rebellion: Dutch East India Company forces under Cornelis Speelman began an attack on Surabaya, on the island
The Battle of Öland was a naval battle between an allied Danish-Dutch fleet and the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, off the east coast of Öland on 1 June 1676. The battle was a par…
Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79)
The Franco-Dutch War, 1672 to 1678, was primarily fought by France and the Dutch Republic, with both sides backed at different times by a variety of allies. Related conflicts inclu…
Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the B
Nathaniel Bacon was an English merchant adventurer who settled in the Virginia Colony, where he sat on the Governor's Council. In early 1676 he led Bacon's Rebellion against the V…
Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of…
Praying Indian is a 17th-century term referring to Native Americans of New England, New York, Ontario, and Quebec who converted to Christianity either voluntarily or involuntarily.…
Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
Jacopo Francesco Riccati was a Venetian mathematician and jurist from Venice, known for his widely influential work on solving differential equations. He is best known for having s…
Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1754)
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gr…
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister o…
Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northe…
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
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)
Duke Eberhard Louis was Duke of Württemberg from 1692 until 1733.
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)
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)
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)
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus and the accompanying Simplician Cycle series…
Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (born 1621)
John Ogilby, Ogelby, or Oglivie was a Scottish translator, impresario, publisher and cartographer. He was probably at least a half-brother to James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie, thou…
John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (born 1600)
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve was a French military officer and the founder of Ville-Marie, now the city of Montreal.
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (born 1612)
Gerrard Winstanley was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and…
Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (born 1609)