Explore 174 historical events from 1670–1679.
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)
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)
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)
John Webb was an English architect and scholar, who collaborated on some works with Inigo Jones.
John Webb, English architect and scholar (born 1611)
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)
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
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)
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)
Dom Guido Grandi, was an Italian monk, priest, philosopher, theologian, mathematician, and engineer.
Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (died 1742)
Frederick IV was King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death. Frederick was the son of Christian V of Denmark–Norway and his wife Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel.
Frederick IV of Denmark (died 1730)
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
Sir John Gell was an English military officer who acted as local Parliamentarian commander for most of the First English Civil War from 1643 to his resignation in 1646. He was noto…
Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (born 1593)
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)
Augustus II the Strong, was Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his deat…
Augustus II the Strong, Polish king (died 1733)
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg was Duchess of Parma from 1696 to 1727 by marriage to Francesco, Duke of Parma. She served as Regent of the Duchy of Parma for her grandson Charles of Sp…
Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, countess palatine (died 1748)
Giovanni Bononcini was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. He was a rival to George Frederic Handel.
Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (died 1747)
Richard Leveridge was an English bass singer of the London stage and a composer of baroque music, including many popular songs.
Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter (died 1758)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1st Duke of Fitz-James was a French-English army officer who was the eldest illegitimate son of James II of Engl…
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (died 1734)
Niccolò Zucchi was an Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist.
Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (born 1586)