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| + | == Events == | ||
| + | === January–June === | ||
| + | * [[March 11]] – [[Mount Etna]] [[1669 Etna eruption|erupts]], destroying the Sicilian town of [[Nicolosi]]. | ||
| + | * [[May 31]] – [[Samuel Pepys]] stops writing his diary.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-britain/samuel-pepys-diary/ </ref> | ||
| + | * [[June 22]] – [[Roux de Marsilly]], accused of plotting the assassination of King [[Louis XIV of France]], is publicly tortured in [[Paris]], [[Kingdom of France|France]]. | ||
| + | * [[June 25]] – [[François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort]], disappears in battle, during the [[siege of Candia]] in [[Crete]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === July–December === | ||
| + | * [[July]] – The [[Hanseatic League]], after 400 years of operation, holds its last official meeting in [[Lübeck]]. | ||
| + | * [[September 6]] – [[Francesco Morosini]], ''capitano generale'' of the Venetian forces in the [[siege of Candia]], surrenders to the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]]. | ||
| + | * [[September 23]] – [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]] grants the status and privileges of a [[university]] to the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] [[Academy]] in [[Zagreb]], the precursor to the modern [[University of Zagreb]]. | ||
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| + | === Date unknown === | ||
| + | * [[Shakushain's revolt]] breaks out in [[Hokkaido]], Japan. | ||
| + | * [[Mughal emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] destroys several Hindu temples (e.g. [[Kashi Vishwanath Temple|Kashi Vishwanath]] and [[Kesava Deo Temple|Kesava Deo]]), imposes the jizya tax, leading to Hindu rebellion. | ||
| + | * [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] units burn the eastern part of [[Kolárovo]]. | ||
| + | * The Chinese [[Kangxi Emperor]] allows coastal residents deported in the [[Great Clearance]] of [[1662]] to return home. | ||
| + | * Famine in [[Bengal]] kills 3 million people. | ||
| + | * [[Phosphorus]] is discovered by German alchemist [[Hennig Brand]], the first chemical element to be discovered that was not known since ancient times. | ||
| + | * [[Antonio Stradivari]] makes his first violin in Cremona. | ||
| + | * [[Okaya & Co.]] is founded as Sasaya, a trading company in [[Nagoya]], Japan. | ||
| + | * The Chinese herbal medicine company [[Tong Ren Tang]] (同仁堂) is established in Beijing. | ||
| + | * [[Blaise Pascal]]'s ''[[Pensées]]'' is posthumously published in Paris. | ||
| + | * [[Jan Swammerdam]] publishes his ''Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens'', a groundbreaking work in [[microscopy]], as well as [[entomology]]. | ||
| + | * The [[Orange College of Breda]] is wound up. | ||
| + | * [[Jean Picard]] begins measurement of 1 degree of [[Earth]]'s [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]] arc in France. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Births == | ||
| + | * [[January 20]] – [[Susanna Wesley]], mother of the John and Charles Wesley, known as mother of Methodism (d. [[1742]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 3]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Forqueray]], French musician (d. [[1722]]) | ||
| + | * [[May 24]] – [[Emerentia von Düben]], Swedish royal favorite (d. [[1743]]) | ||
| + | * [[May 26]] – [[Sébastien Vaillant]], French botanist (d. [[1722]]) | ||
| + | * [[July 30]] – [[Eudoxia Lopukhina]], first wife of [[Peter I of Russia]] (d. [[1731]]) | ||
| + | * [[August 27]] – [[Anne Marie d'Orléans]], Queen of Sicily and Sardinia (d. [[1728]]) | ||
| + | * [[August 29]] – [[John Anstis]], English herald (d. [[1744]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 19]] – Count [[Wirich Philipp von Daun]], Austrian military leader (d. [[1741]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 16]] – [[Arnold Boonen]], Dutch portrait painter (d. [[1729]]) | ||
| + | * ''date unknown'' | ||
| + | ** [[Alessio Erardi]], Maltese painter (d. [[1727]])< | ||
| + | ** [[Jiang Tingxi]], Chinese painter (d. [[1732]]) | ||
| + | ** [[Elżbieta Sieniawska]], politically influential Polish magnate (d. [[1729]]) | ||
| + | * ''probable'' – [[Peter King, 1st Baron King]], Lord Chancellor of England (d. [[1734]]) | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Deaths == | ||
| + | * [[January 27]] – [[Gaspar de Crayer]], Flemish painter (b. [[1584]]) | ||
| + | * [[February 3]] – [[Catharina Questiers]], Dutch poet (b. [[1631]]) | ||
| + | * [[February 13]] – [[Peter Venables (MP)|Peter Venables]], English politician (b. [[1604]]) | ||
| + | * [[February 23]] – [[Lieuwe van Aitzema]], Dutch historian and statesman (b. [[1600]]) | ||
| + | * [[March 10]] – [[John Denham (poet)|John Denham]], English poet (b. [[1615]]) | ||
| + | * [[March 12]] – [[Cornelis Jan Witsen]], Mayor of Amsterdam (b. [[1605]]) | ||
| + | * [[March 17]] – [[Willem van der Zaan]], Dutch admiral (b. [[1621]]) | ||
| + | * [[March 23]] – [[Philipp Buchner]], German composer (b. [[1614]]) | ||
| + | * [[March 25]] – [[Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet]], English baronet (b. [[1624]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 4]] – [[Johann Michael Moscherosch]], German statesman, satirist (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 5]] – [[Nabeshima Naozumi]], Japanese ''[[daimyō]]'' (b. [[1616]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 12]] – [[Abdias Treu]], German mathematician and academic (b. [[1597]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 22]] – [[Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]] (1639–1669) (b. [[1603]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 23]] – [[Johannes Canuti Lenaeus]], archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden (b. [[1573]]) | ||
| + | * [[April 27]] – [[Richard Treat]], American city founder (b. [[1584]]) | ||
| + | * [[May 1]] – [[Isaac Thornton]], English politician (b. [[1615]]) | ||
| + | * [[May 14]] – [[Georges de Scudéry]], French writer (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| + | * [[May 16]] – [[Pietro da Cortona]], Italian artist (b. [[1596]]) | ||
| + | * [[June 25]] – [[François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort]], French soldier (b. [[1616]]) | ||
| + | * [[July 16]] – [[Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire]], English politician (b. [[1587]]) | ||
| + | * [[July 29]] – [[Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen]], major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen (b. [[1636]]) | ||
| + | * [[August 18]] – [[William Gawdy]], English politician (b. [[1612]]) | ||
| + | * [[August 28]] – [[Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet]], English politician (b. [[1606]]) | ||
| + | * [[September 3]] – [[Esteban Manuel de Villegas]], Spanish poet (b. [[1589]]) | ||
| + | * [[September 10]] – [[Henrietta Maria of France]], queen of [[Charles I of England]] (b. [[1609]]) | ||
| + | * [[September 28]] – [[Pierre Le Muet]], French architect (b. [[1591]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 4]] – [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn]], Dutch painter (b. [[1606]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 9]] – [[Richard Strode (died 1669)|Richard Strode]], English politician (b. [[1584]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 14]] – [[Antonio Cesti]], Italian composer (b. [[1623]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 16]] – [[John Trapp]], English theologian (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 19]] | ||
| + | ** [[Domenico Fiasella]], Italian painter (b. [[1589]]) | ||
| + | **[[Matthias Sention, Sr.]], Connecticut settler (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| + | * [[October 24]] – [[William Prynne]], English Puritan leader (b. [[1600]]) | ||
| + | * [[November 3]] – [[Charles Drelincourt]], French Protestant divine (b. [[1595]]) | ||
| + | * [[November 4]] – [[Johannes Cocceius]], Dutch theologian (b. [[1603]]) | ||
| + | * [[November 7]] – [[Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]], German prince of the House of Ascania (b. [[1622]]) | ||
| + | * [[November 10]] – [[Elisabeth Pepys]], English wife of Samuel Pepys (b. [[1640]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 9]] – [[Pope Clement IX]] (b. [[1600]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 11]] – [[Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], consort of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b. [[1627]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 13]] – [[Thomas Dyke (MP for Seaford)|Thomas Dyke]], English politician (b. [[1619]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 16]] – [[Nathaniel Fiennes]], English politician (b. c. [[1608]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 18]] – [[Johann Philipp of Hanau-Lichtenberg]], German nobleman (b. [[1626]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 25]] – [[George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld]] (b. [[1591]]) | ||
| + | * [[December 31]] – [[Bogusław Radziwiłł]], Polish-Lithuanian noble (b. [[1620]]) | ||
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.jpeg) Phosphorus is discovered by German alchemist Hennig Brand, the first chemical element to be discovered that was not known since ancient times. | |
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Contents
Events
January–June
- March 11 – Mount Etna erupts, destroying the Sicilian town of Nicolosi.
- May 31 – Samuel Pepys stops writing his diary.[1]
- June 22 – Roux de Marsilly, accused of plotting the assassination of King Louis XIV of France, is publicly tortured in Paris, France.
- June 25 – François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort, disappears in battle, during the siege of Candia in Crete.
July–December
- July – The Hanseatic League, after 400 years of operation, holds its last official meeting in Lübeck.
- September 6 – Francesco Morosini, capitano generale of the Venetian forces in the siege of Candia, surrenders to the Ottomans.
- September 23 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor grants the status and privileges of a university to the Jesuit Academy in Zagreb, the precursor to the modern University of Zagreb.
Date unknown
- Shakushain's revolt breaks out in Hokkaido, Japan.
- Mughal emperor Aurangzeb destroys several Hindu temples (e.g. Kashi Vishwanath and Kesava Deo), imposes the jizya tax, leading to Hindu rebellion.
- Ottoman units burn the eastern part of Kolárovo.
- The Chinese Kangxi Emperor allows coastal residents deported in the Great Clearance of 1662 to return home.
- Famine in Bengal kills 3 million people.
- Phosphorus is discovered by German alchemist Hennig Brand, the first chemical element to be discovered that was not known since ancient times.
- Antonio Stradivari makes his first violin in Cremona.
- Okaya & Co. is founded as Sasaya, a trading company in Nagoya, Japan.
- The Chinese herbal medicine company Tong Ren Tang (同仁堂) is established in Beijing.
- Blaise Pascal's Pensées is posthumously published in Paris.
- Jan Swammerdam publishes his Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens, a groundbreaking work in microscopy, as well as entomology.
- The Orange College of Breda is wound up.
- Jean Picard begins measurement of 1 degree of Earth's meridian arc in France.
Births
- January 20 – Susanna Wesley, mother of the John and Charles Wesley, known as mother of Methodism (d. 1742)
- April 3 – Jean-Baptiste Forqueray, French musician (d. 1722)
- May 24 – Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (d. 1743)
- May 26 – Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (d. 1722)
- July 30 – Eudoxia Lopukhina, first wife of Peter I of Russia (d. 1731)
- August 27 – Anne Marie d'Orléans, Queen of Sicily and Sardinia (d. 1728)
- August 29 – John Anstis, English herald (d. 1744)
- October 19 – Count Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian military leader (d. 1741)
- December 16 – Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1729)
- date unknown
- Alessio Erardi, Maltese painter (d. 1727)<
- Jiang Tingxi, Chinese painter (d. 1732)
- Elżbieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (d. 1729)
- probable – Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1734)
Deaths
- January 27 – Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter (b. 1584)
- February 3 – Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (b. 1631)
- February 13 – Peter Venables, English politician (b. 1604)
- February 23 – Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (b. 1600)
- March 10 – John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
- March 12 – Cornelis Jan Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1605)
- March 17 – Willem van der Zaan, Dutch admiral (b. 1621)
- March 23 – Philipp Buchner, German composer (b. 1614)
- March 25 – Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet, English baronet (b. 1624)
- April 4 – Johann Michael Moscherosch, German statesman, satirist (b. 1601)
- April 5 – Nabeshima Naozumi, Japanese daimyō (b. 1616)
- April 12 – Abdias Treu, German mathematician and academic (b. 1597)
- April 22 – Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1639–1669) (b. 1603)
- April 23 – Johannes Canuti Lenaeus, archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden (b. 1573)
- April 27 – Richard Treat, American city founder (b. 1584)
- May 1 – Isaac Thornton, English politician (b. 1615)
- May 14 – Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)
- May 16 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian artist (b. 1596)
- June 25 – François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort, French soldier (b. 1616)
- July 16 – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, English politician (b. 1587)
- July 29 – Josias II, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, major general in Brunswick and co-ruler of Waldeck-Wildungen (b. 1636)
- August 18 – William Gawdy, English politician (b. 1612)
- August 28 – Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1606)
- September 3 – Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (b. 1589)
- September 10 – Henrietta Maria of France, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
- September 28 – Pierre Le Muet, French architect (b. 1591)
- October 4 – Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606)
- October 9 – Richard Strode, English politician (b. 1584)
- October 14 – Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623)
- October 16 – John Trapp, English theologian (b. 1601)
- October 19
- Domenico Fiasella, Italian painter (b. 1589)
- Matthias Sention, Sr., Connecticut settler (b. 1601)
- October 24 – William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
- November 3 – Charles Drelincourt, French Protestant divine (b. 1595)
- November 4 – Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)
- November 7 – Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince of the House of Ascania (b. 1622)
- November 10 – Elisabeth Pepys, English wife of Samuel Pepys (b. 1640)
- December 9 – Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)
- December 11 – Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, consort of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b. 1627)
- December 13 – Thomas Dyke, English politician (b. 1619)
- December 16 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. c. 1608)
- December 18 – Johann Philipp of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German nobleman (b. 1626)
- December 25 – George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (b. 1591)
- December 31 – Bogusław Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble (b. 1620)
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Innsbruck |  | Public | Third largest university in Austria |
| University of Zagreb |  | The focal institution of higher education in Croatia, educating most of the members of the Croatian intelligentsia. |
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