Explore 205 historical events from 1680–1689.
John Balguy was an English divine and philosopher.
John Balguy, English philosopher and author (died 1748)
Nicola Antonio Giacinto Porpora was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Ot…
Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (died 1768)
Eustace Budgell was an English writer and politician.
Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (died 1737)
Allan Ramsay was a Scottish poet, playwright, publisher, librarian and impresario of early Enlightenment Edinburgh. Ramsay's influence extended to England, foreshadowing the reacti…
Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1758)
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra was a Spanish dramatist and historian. His work includes drama, poetry, and prose, and he has been considered one of the last great writers of Spanis…
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish historian and playwright (born 1610)
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five o…
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (born 1622)
Otto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician, and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrati…
Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (born 1602)
Sir William Coventry was an English statesman.
William Coventry, English politician (born 1628)
Simon (Pimen) Fyodorovich Ushakov was a Russian icon painter.
Simon Ushakov, Russian painter and educator (born 1626)
John Fell was an English churchman and influential academic. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.
John Fell, English bishop and academic (born 1625)
John Pearson was an English theologian and scholar. He served with the Cavaliers in the English Civil War, acting as a chaplain to George Goring's forces.
John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (born 1612)
Louis Maimbourg was a French Jesuit and historian.
Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (born 1610)
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, PC, was an English nobleman from the Egerton family.
John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1623)
The Battle on Vrtijeljka was fought on the hill of Vrtijeljka near Cetinje between a Venetian irregular force and an advancing Ottoman force on 7 May 1685 at the start of the Morea…
Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces
General James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, Duke of Buccleuch was an English Army officer and courtier. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the …
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, lands at Lyme in Dorset with loyal followers with the intent to depose king James II of E
The Monmouth Rebellion in June 1685 was an attempt to depose James II, who in February had succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland. Dissident Prot…
Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the final and decisive engagement of the Monmouth Rebellion, between forces loyal to James II and rebel forces led by the Duke of Monmouth. It was fough…
Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. Troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st…
The Morean war, also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of V…
Morean War: The 49-day Siege of Coron ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to …
An imperial coalition army under Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman army that had been besieging Esztergom.
The Morean war, also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of V…
Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan…
John Gay was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain…
John Gay, English poet and playwright (died 1732)
Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet was a British Army officer and politician. As a junior officer he fought at the Battle of Schellenberg and at the Battle of Blenheim duri…
Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (died 1768)
Brook Taylor was an English mathematician and barrister best known for several results in mathematical analysis. Taylor's most famous developments are Taylor's theorem and the Tay…
Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (died 1731)
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.
Giuseppe Matteo Alberti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1751)