Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1672. This year saw 16 significant events. 2 notable figures were born.
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...
Joan Blaeu's publishing house is destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
John Maitland, administrator of Scotland for Charles II, made the Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March
Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
New France was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to...
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter was a Dutch States Navy officer. His achievements with the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars earned him the reputation as the greatest naval commander of 17th...
French army under General Turenne crosses the Rhine at Lobith during the Dutch War
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich, Massachusetts
William II (Dutch: Willem II; 27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of...
William of Orange's troops reconquer Naarden from France
Treaty of Buchach ends the first phase of the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire
New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York & Boston
Rhea () is the second-largest natural satellite of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a diameter of 1,528 kilometers (949 miles).
Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands
Richard Steele, Irish anglo-irish writer and politician, known for anglo-irish writer and politician, was born on 1672-03-12.
Joseph Addison, British writer and politician, known for british writer and politician, was born on 1672-05-01. Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was a British writer and politician.
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...
Joan Blaeu's publishing house is destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
John Maitland, administrator of Scotland for Charles II, made the Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March
Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
New France was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to...
Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter was a Dutch States Navy officer. His achievements with the Dutch navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars earned him the reputation as the greatest naval commander of 17th...
French army under General Turenne crosses the Rhine at Lobith during the Dutch War
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich, Massachusetts
William II (Dutch: Willem II; 27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) was sovereign Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel and Groningen in the United Provinces of...
William of Orange's troops reconquer Naarden from France
Treaty of Buchach ends the first phase of the Polish–Ottoman War between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire
New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York & Boston
Rhea () is the second-largest natural satellite of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System, with a diameter of 1,528 kilometers (949 miles).
Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands
Richard Steele, Irish anglo-irish writer and politician, known for anglo-irish writer and politician, was born on 1672-03-12.
Joseph Addison, British writer and politician, known for british writer and politician, was born on 1672-05-01. Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was a British writer and politician.