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Treaty of Buchach ends the first phase of the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Otto

Treaty of Buchach ends the first phase of the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire

Treaty of Buchach ends the first phase of the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire

Events Before

  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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]

  4. 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]

  5. 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

Events After

  1. 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...

  2. 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

  3. First recorded wine auction held in London

    First recorded wine auction held in London

  4. Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet

    Michiel de Ruyter appointed lt-admiral-general of Dutch fleet

  5. Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

    Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers

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