The 1670s

1676 350 years ago

Franco-Dutch War: France ensured the supremacy of its naval fleet for the remainder of the war with its victory in the B

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

1676 350 years ago

Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.

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.

1676 350 years ago

Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

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.

1676 350 years ago

Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden (died 1751)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Robert Walpole, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)

Duke Eberhard Louis was Duke of Württemberg from 1692 until 1733.

Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1733)

1676 350 years ago

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)

Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Spanish Enlightenment. He was an energetic popularizer noted for encouraging scientific and emp…

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (died 1764)

1676 350 years ago

Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)

D. Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, before 1718 titled 3rd Marquis of Fontes and 7th Count of Penaguião, was a Portuguese nobleman and diplomat.

Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (died 1733)

1676 350 years ago

Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born 1607)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1613)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Pope Clement X (born 1590)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (born 1621)

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)

1676 350 years ago

John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (born 1600)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (born 1612)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (born 1609)

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)

1676 350 years ago

Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (born 1626)

Sabbatai Zevi, or Shabtai Tzvi, was a former Jewish mystic and rabbi from Smyrna who converted to Islam. His family were Romaniote Jews from Patras.

Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (born 1626)

1676 350 years ago

Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)

Jean Desmarets, Sieur de Saint-Sorlin was a French writer and dramatist. He was a founding member, and the first to occupy seat 4 of the Académie française in 1634.

Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)

1676 350 years ago

Scanian War: The Swedish warship Kronan, one of the largest ships in the world at the time, sank at the Battle of Öland

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

1676 350 years ago

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

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: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

1676 350 years ago

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" – the first known description of…

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch art, science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is comm…

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" – the first known description of…

1675

Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

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: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

1675

Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat. Alongside Isaac Newton, he is widely credited with the invention of…

Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

1675

Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1715)

Humphry Ditton was an English mathematician. He was the author of several influential works.

Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1715)

1675

A Polish-Lithuanian army under John III Sobieski defeats an Ottoman-Tartar army in the battle of Lwow.

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic, was a federative real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy…

A Polish-Lithuanian army under John III Sobieski defeats an Ottoman-Tartar army in the battle of Lwow.