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Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London

Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London

Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London

Events Before

  1. Battle of Öland: allied Danish-Dutch forces defeat the Swedish navy in the Baltic Sea, during the Scanian War (1675–79)

    The Scanian War (Danish: den Skånske Krig; Norwegian: den skånske krig; Swedish: Skånska kriget; German: Schonischer Krieg) was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark–Norway,...

  2. Feodor III succeeds his father and becomes Tsar of Russia

    Alexei Mikhailovich, also known as Alexis, was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676.

  3. King Philip's War: a force of 1,500 Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Indians kill over 30 men and destroy buildings i

    King Philip's War: a force of 1,500 Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett Indians kill over 30 men and destroy buildings in Lancaster, Massachusetts

  4. Sudbury, Massachusetts, attacked by Indians

    The Sudbury Fight (April 21, 1676) was a battle of King Philip's War, fought in what is today Sudbury and Wayland, Massachusetts, when approximately five hundred Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Narragansett...

  5. Battle of Etna - Netherlands and Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded

    Battle of Etna - Netherlands and Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded

Events After

  1. John Bunyan's Christian novel "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published in London by Nathaniel Ponder

    John Bunyan's Christian novel "The Pilgrim's Progress" is published in London by Nathaniel Ponder

  2. Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to re

    Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD

  3. Hamburg State Opera opens in Hamburg, inaugurated with Johann Theile's "Adam und Eva"

    Hamburg State Opera opens in Hamburg, inaugurated with Johann Theile's "Adam und Eva"

  4. Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London

    Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London

  5. French troops conquer Ypres

    Ypres is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name Ieper is the official one, the city's French name Ypres is most commonly used in English.

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