Battle of Simbirsk: Russian Tsarist army decisively defeats a large force of rebel Cossacks led by Stepan Razin on the Volga River
Battle of Simbirsk: Russian Tsarist army decisively defeats a large force of rebel Cossacks led by Stepan Razin on the V
Battle of Simbirsk: Russian Tsarist army decisively defeats a large force of rebel Cossacks led by Stepan Razin on the Volga River
Events Before
French King Louis XIV limits religious freedom
Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand [lwi lə ɡʁɑ̃]) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil [lə ʁwa sɔlɛj]), was King of France from 1643 until his...
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts in its largest recorded eruption, killing 15,000
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts in its largest recorded eruption, killing 15,000
Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king
Polish parliament selects Litouwer Michael Wisniopwiecki as king
LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River
LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River
Events After
Cossacks capture Russian peasant leader Stenka Razin
Stepan Timofeyevich Razinɪvʲɪtɕ ˈrazʲɪn]; c. 1630 – June 16 [O.S. June 6] 1671), known as Stenka Razin, was a Don Cossack leader who led a major uprising against the nobility and tsarist bureaucracy...
Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed for treason
The House of Zrinski or Zrínyi was a Croatian-Hungarian noble family, a cadet branch of the Croatian noble tribe of Šubić, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in...
Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels of England and Scotland from the Tower of London, captured running f
Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels of England and Scotland from the Tower of London, captured running from the tower with the jewels [1]
Pageant of 1671: French claim possession of lands "from the northern and western seas to the southern sea, including lan
Pageant of 1671: French claim possession of lands "from the northern and western seas to the southern sea, including lands yet to be discovered" in ceremony at Jesuit Mission, Sault Saint, Canada [1]
French officer Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of Lake Huron and Superior "and all th
French officer Simon-François Daumont de Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of Lake Huron and Superior "and all the other contiguous and adjacent countries, rivers, lakes and streams, here, both discovered and yet to be discovered", at assembly of fourteen Amerindian nations at Sault-Sainte-Ma
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