Explore 131 historical events from 1670–1679.
Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. Peter, a…
Peter the Great, Russian emperor (died 1725)
Francesco Antonio Bonporti was an Italian priest and amateur composer.
Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (died 1749)
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer was a Swiss physician and natural scientist born in Zürich. His most famous work was the Physica sacra in four volumes, a commentary on the Bible that prese…
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (died 1733)
Nicolas de Grigny was a French organist and composer. He died young and left behind a single collection of organ music, and an Ouverture for harpsichord.
Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (died 1703)
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)
Sir Roger Twysden, 2nd Baronet, of Roydon Hall near East Peckham in Kent, was an English historian and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and…
Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (born 1597)
Francis Willughby FRS was an English ornithologist, ichthyologist and mathematician, and an early student of linguistics and games.
Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist (born 1635)
Cornelis de Witt was a Dutch States Navy officer and statesman. During the First Stadtholderless Period, De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was oppose…
Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (born 1623)
Tanneguy Le Fèvre was a French classical scholar. He wrote many books, and translated numerous classical works. Somewhat unusual in this era, he educated his daughter Anne Dacier i…
Tanneguy Le Fèvre, French scholar and author (born 1615)
Anne Bradstreet was among the most prominent of early English poets of North America and the first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Pur…
Anne Bradstreet, English poet (born 1612)
Johan de Witt was a Dutch statesman and mathematician who was a major political figure during the First Stadtholderless Period, when flourishing global trade in a period of rapid E…
Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (born 1625)
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)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While …
Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (died 1751)
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
Jacques Eugène d'Allonville de Louville was a French astronomer and mathematician. He also went by the name of Chevalier de Louville.
Jacques d'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (died 1732)
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
Giovanni Battista Riccioli was an Italian astronomer and a Catholic priest in the Jesuit order. He is known, among other things, for his experiments with pendulums and with falling…
Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian priest and astronomer (born 1598)
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)