Explore 160 historical events from 1680–1689.
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-spea…
Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum, the world's first university museum, opened
Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King", which portrayed him …
Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles
William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, …
William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
The Bishop Gore School is a secondary school in Swansea in Wales, founded on 14 September 1682 by Hugh Gore (1613–1691), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated in Sketty, …
Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
John Hadley was an English mathematician, and laid claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claimed the same.
John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (died 1744)
Bartholomew Roberts, born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical caree…
Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (died 1722)
Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII or Carolus Rex, was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach.…
Charles XII, Swedish king (died 1718)
Feodor III or Fyodor III Alekseyevich was Tsar of all Russia from 1676 until his death in 1682. Despite poor health from childhood, he managed to pass reforms on improving meritocr…
Feodor III of Russia (born 1661)
Jean Picard was a French priest, astronomer and pioneer in geodesy, born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Collège royal Henri le Grand. He is best known for accurately measuri…
Jean Picard, French priest and astronomer (born 1620)
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz was a Spanish Catholic scholastic philosopher, ecclesiastic, mathematician, polyglot, and writer. He is believed to be a great-grandson of Jan Popel y Lob…
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (born 1606)
Roger Cotes was an English mathematician, known for working closely with Isaac Newton by proofreading the second edition of his famous book, the Principia, before publication. He a…
Roger Cotes, English mathematician and astronomer (died 1716)
Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy, was the eldest son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria and grandson of the reigning French king, Louis XIV. He i…
Louis, Duke of Burgundy (died 1712)
Hedvig Sophia Augusta of Sweden, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, was the eldest child of Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrike Eleonore of Denmark. She was heiress presumptive to the Swedis…
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (died 1708)
Vitus Jonassen Bering, also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish-born Russian cartographer, explorer, and officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russi…
Vitus Bering, Danish-born Russian explorer (died 1741)
Carl Heinrich Biber was a late Baroque violinist and composer.
Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1749)
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius was a German jurist from Eisenberg, Thuringia.
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writ…
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (born 1600)
Cornelis Saftleven was a Dutch painter who worked in a great variety of genres. Known in particular for his rural genre scenes, his range of subjects was very wide and included por…
Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch genre painter (born 1607)
William Lilly was a seventeenth century English astrologer. He is described as having been a genius at something "that modern mainstream opinion has since decided cannot be done at…
William Lilly, English astrologer (born 1602)
Oliver Plunkett, also spelled Plunket Irish: Oilibhéar Pluincéid; 1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681), was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last vict…
Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (born 1629)
Urian Oakes was an English-born American Congregational minister and educator who served as the fourth president of Harvard College from 1675 to 1681.
Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (born 1631)
In the United States, members of the Delano family include U.S. presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant and Calvin Coolidge, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, and writer La…
Philippe Delano, Dutch Plymouth Colony settler (born 1602)
The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the Indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonists in the provin…
The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
The Pueblo peoples or Puebloans are Native Americans in the Southwestern United States who share common agricultural, material, and religious practices. Among the currently inhabit…
Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.