Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
Events Before
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
Events After
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
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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