Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
Events Before
Prince William of Orange (27) marries English princess Mary II Stuart (15)
Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.
First medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is published in Boston
First medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is published in Boston
King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London
Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London
First Battle of Tobago: Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes forces a French squadron led by Jean II d'Estrées to retreat off
First Battle of Tobago: Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes forces a French squadron led by Jean II d'Estrées to retreat off Tobago in the Caribbean Sea during the Franco-Dutch War
Events After
Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon" premieres at the Palais-Royal in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Lully born Giovanni Battista Lulli (28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a...
Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment
Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment
Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners' right to a court review of the justification fo
Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners' right to a court review of the justification for their imprisonment
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I signs a peace treaty with France
The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697.
The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog
The Battle of Drumclog was fought on 1 June 1679, between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse, at Drumclog, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
More from the 1670s
Don Carlos de Gurrea becomes the Spanish land guardian of Southern Netherlands
Don Carlos de Gurrea becomes the Spanish land guardian of Southern Netherlands
Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon" premieres at the Palais-Royal in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Lully born Giovanni Battista Lulli (28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a...
Isaac Newton reads his first optics paper before the Royal Society in London
Sir Isaac Newton (4 January [O.S. 25 December] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and...
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
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