Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
Events Before
Jean Racine's play "Mithridate" premieres in Paris
Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western...
Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston, at the command of King Charles II; the route becomes known as
Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston, at the command of King Charles II; the route becomes known as the Boston Post Road
First recorded wine auction held in London
First recorded wine auction held in London
Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet
Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
Events After
Don Carlos de Gurrea becomes the Spanish land guardian of Southern Netherlands
Don Carlos de Gurrea becomes the Spanish land guardian of Southern Netherlands
Royal Greenwich Observatory is established in England by King Charles II
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux)...
King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London
King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London
German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under
German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of the function y = f(x)
Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
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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