1680 - Events. July 8 - The first documented tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 21 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt November 17 - Whigs organize pope-burning processions in London First Portuguese governor appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocates there. 1680 - Births. January 23 - Joseph Am ...

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Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC - 1680s BC - 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1680s BC - Events and trends. Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty Egypt: Development of leavened bread (date approximate). 1680s BC - Significant people. Hammurabi, died 1686 BC short chronology. Death of Heremon, Irish legend (1684 BC) Category: Including:

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Arthur Collier (12th of October 1680 - 1732) was an English philosopher. He was born at the rectory of Steeple Langford, Wiltshire. He entered at Pembroke College, Oxford university, in July 1697, but in October 1698 he and his brother William became members of Balliol. His father having died in 1697, it was arranged that the family living of Langford Magna should be given to Arthur as soon as he was old enough. He was presented ...

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1610 - Science. Jean Beguin - Tyrocinium Chymicum, first lecture book about chemistry 1610 - Births. Li Yu, Chinese writer (died 1680) January 13 - Maria Anna of Austria (died 1665) March 1 - John Pell, English mathematician (died 1685) April 1 - Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and writer (died 1703) April 22 - Pope Alexander VIII (died 1691) April 23 - Lettice Boyle, English noblewoman (died 1657 ...

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1650 - Ongoing events. Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653) 1650 - Births. February 2 - Nell Gwynne, English actress and royal mistress (d. 1687) February 5 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (d. 1708) April 20 - William Bedloe, English informer (d. 1680) May 26 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, British general (d. 1722) August 16 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist (d. 1718 ...

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Kateri Tekakwitha (1656 – April 17, 1680), the daughter of a Mohawk warrior and a Christian Algonquin woman, was born in the Mohawk fortress of Ossernenon near present-day Auriesville, New York. At the age of 4 smallpox swept through Ossernenon, and Tekakwitha was left with unsightly scars and poor eyesight. The outbreak took the lives of her brother and both her parents and Tekakwitha was ado ...

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1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1660s - Events and Trends. Samuel Pepys begins his famous diary in 1660 and ends it, due to failing eyesight in 1669. The Great Plague 1665 in England. It is considered an outbreak of bubonic plague. The Great Fire of London 1666. Most of the City of London is destroyed. However, many of the rats considered responsible for the Great Plague are burned and the epidem ...

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1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1650s - Significant Events and Trends. 1650s - World Leaders. King Frederick III of Denmark (1648 - 1670). Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1653 - 1658). Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1658 - 1659). King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715). Ferdinand II ...

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1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1670s - Events and Trends. Newton and Leibniz independently discover calculus. 1670s - World Leaders. King Frederick III of Denmark (1648 - 1670). King Christian V of Denmark (1670 - 1699). King Charles II of England and Scotland (1660 - 1685). King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715). Leopold I, Holy ...

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1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1700s - Events and trends. The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) high. The river eventually removes the blockage, but this event is remembered in the local legends of the Native Americans as the Bridge of the Gods. The first newspaper to be published in English. The Seven ...

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Bala Cynwyd is a village in Lower Merion Township which is located in the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community. This came about when a single US Post Office was constructed to service both towns (The "Bala-Cynwyd" Branch). It lies in the Welsh Tract, and was settled in the 1680s by Welsh Quaker settlers, who named it after the Welsh towns of Bala and Cynwyd. "Cynwyd" is, however, now pronounced "kinwid", no ...

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Cameronian was a name given to a section of the Scottish Covenanters who followed the teachings of Richard Cameron, and who were composed prinicpally of those who signed the Sanquhar Declaration in 1680. Known also as "Society Men", "Sanquharians" and "Hilimen", they became a separate church after the religious settlement of 1690, taking the official title of Reformed Presbyterians in 1743. "Societies of Cameronians for the Maintenance of the Presbyterian Form of Worship" were formed about 1681. Their testimony, "The Informa ...

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Captain Morgan is a brand of rum, named after the 17th-century Caribbean pirate, Henry Morgan. Henry Morgan began producing rum in 1680 on the island of Jamaica. In 1944, the Seagram Company started producing rum under the name Captain Morgan Rum Company. In 1983, Captain Morgan Original Spiced rum was introduced to the United States. Captain Morgan is now produced by Diageo. Captain Morgan's Rum is distilled from sugar cane, and the combination of type of yeast employed for fermentation, distillation method, aging condi ...

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August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 132 days remaining. August 21 - Events. 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192) 1680 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt 1770 - James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales. 17 ...

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Athanasius Kircher (sometimes spelt Kirchner) (May 2, 1601?–27 November 1680) was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology and medicine. He made an early study of Egyptian hieroglyphs. One of the first people to observe microbes through a microsocope, he was thus ahead of his time in proposing that the plague was caused by an infectious microorganism and in suggesting effective measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Other contributions include his invention of the magic lantern which ...

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini) (December 7, 1598, Naples – November 28, 1680, Rome) was a towering baroque artist in 17th century Baroque Rome, where he is known mainly for his often overlapping skills as a sculptor and architect. He was also a painter, draftsman, designer of stage sets, fireworks displays, and funeral trappings. Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Early Works. Bernini was born in Naples to a Florentine family and accompanied his father Pietro Bernini, a capable Mannerist sculp ...

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Shivaji Bhonsle, also known as Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj (Marathi शिवाजीराजे भोसले)(February 19, 1630 - April 3, 1680) was the founder of the Maratha empire in western India in 1674 and one of the greatest Indian Kings. Using guerrilla tactics superbly suited to the rugged mountains and valleys of the region, he annexed a portion of the then dominant Mughal empire. He is still considered a hero in the present-day state of Maharashtra, and stories of his exploits have entered in ...

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