Explore 174 historical events from 1670–1679.
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)
William Somervile or Somerville was an English poet who wrote in many genres and is especially remembered for "The Chace", in which he pioneered an early English georgic.
William Somervile, English poet and author (died 1742)
Paul Dudley, FRS was an American lawyer who served as the Massachusetts Attorney General. He was the son of colonial governor Joseph Dudley and grandson of one of the colony's foun…
Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (died 1751)
Samuel Clarke was an English philosopher and Anglican priest. He is considered the major British figure in philosophy between John Locke and George Berkeley. Clarke's altered, Nont…
Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (died 1729)
Emperor Higashiyama , personal name Asahito, was the 113th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Higashiyama's reign spanned the years from 1687 throu…
Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (died 1710)
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)
Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, was a British army officer and Whig politician. After serving as a junior officer under William III during the Williamite War in …
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died…
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)
Charles IV was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 until his death in 1675, with a brief interruption in 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicho…
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1604)
Valentin Conrart was a French writer, and as a founder of the Académie Française, the first occupant of seat 2.
Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (born 1603)
William Sprague left England on the ship Lyon's Whelp for Plymouth/Salem Massachusetts. He was originally from Upwey, near Weymouth, Dorset, England.
William Sprague, English settler, co-founded Charlestown, Massachusetts (born 1609)
Gilles Personne de Roberval was a French mathematician born at Roberval near Beauvais, France. His name was originally Gilles Personne or Gilles Personier, with Roberval the place …
Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (born 1602)
Antonio de Vea was a Spanish sailor best known for leading the Antonio de Vea expedition to the fjords and channels of Patagonia in 1675 and 1676. The map of the archipelagoes of s…
Led by Antonio de Vea, a Spanish naval expedition departed El Callao, Peru, for the fjords and channels of Patagonia…
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.