- December 4
- Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until December 16th. [1]
- December 15
- Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal. [1]
- December 31
- Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens. [1]
1681
- February 14
- Francesco Nigetti composer, dies at age 77. [1]
- March 4
- King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania. [1]
- March 10
- English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania. [1]
- March 12
- French van Mieris the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at age 45. [1]
- March 21
- Third Exclusion Parliament meets in London. [1]
- April 9
- Alfonso Marsh composer, dies at age 54. [1]
- May 25
- Caldéron writer, dies at age 81. [1]
- October 21
- English King Charles II instructs Massachusetts General Court to desist minting coins. [539.42]
- December 8
- Gerard Terborch the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies. [1]
1682
- January 13
- Simon van Leeuwen Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at age 55. [1]
- February 9
- Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London. [1]
- February 23
- Abraham de Wicquefort Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at age 75. [1]
- February 25
- Alessandro Stradella Italian violist/composer, murdered at age 37. [1]
- March 14
- Jacob I van Ruysdael physician/landscape painter, dies at about age 53. [1]
- March 19
- Nationally Council accept independence of French church. [1]
- April 3
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Spanish painter, dies. [1]
- April 9
- Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France. [1]
- April 27
- Theodorus III czar of Russia (1676-82), dies. [1]
- May 1
- Louis XIV and his court inaugurate Paris Observatory. [1]
- June 8
- British East India treasure ship Joanna sinks off coast of South Africa. [504.50]
- June 10
- Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3-foot diameter oak tree. [1]
- July 15
- William Penn signs first peace treaty with Indians. [513.22]
- October 29
- William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania. [1]
- December 2
- English Earl of Shaftesbury's flight to Amsterdam. [1]
- December 4
- First General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester). [1]
1683
- January 21
- Anthony Ashley Cooper first Earl of Shaftesbury, dies at age 61. [1]
- March 31
- Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey. [1]
- May 21
- West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname. [1]
- June 6
- Opening of Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. [241.9]
- June 23
- William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians. [1]
- July 24
- First settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard the Concord. [1]
- September 24
- Jews are expelled from all French possessions in America. [1]
- October 6
- Thirteen German families arrive in present day Philadelphia. [1]
- December 25
- English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland. [1]
- Kara Mustapha Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed. [1]
1684
- January 5
- Claude Audran II French painter/engraver, dies at age 44. [1]
- January 12
- French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon. [1]
- January 15
- Caspar Netscher Dutch portrait painter, dies at about age 48. [1]
- February 12
- Pietro Andrea Ziani composer, dies at age 67. [1]
- February 21
- Pieter van den Abeelen Dutch jeweller, dies at about age 75. [1]
- March 5
- Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz. [1]
- March
- Last British vessel leaves Tangier. [694.55]
- April 5
- William Brouncker second viscount/first president of Royal Society, dies. [1]
- April 18
- Gonzales Cocx [Coques] painter, dies. [1]
- April 25
- Patent granted for the thimble. [1]
- May 8
- Henri Dumont composer, dies. [1]
- May 23
- Adriaen Backer Amsterdams painter buried at about age 48. [1]
1685
- January 6
- Malachias Siebenhaar composer, dies at age 68. [1]
- February 6
- Charles II King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at age 54. [1]
- February 11
- David Teniers III Flemish painter, dies at age 46. [1]
- May 2
- Adriaen van Ostade Dutch painter, buried. [1]
- May 15
- Henri Otto Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies. [1]
- May 26
- Karel monarch of Palts, dies. [1]
- May 28
- Pieter de la Court economist/historian, dies at about age 67. [1]
- June 1
- M. Jacques de Meulles pays French troops in Canada IOUs printed on backs of playing cards. [410.80]
- June 18
- Monmouth Rebellion begins in England. [241.9]
- October 18
- Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism. [1]
- December 3
- Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden. [1]
- December 30
- Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of South Netherlands. [1]
1686
- January 21
- Nicolas-François Blondel French architect, dies. [1]
- February 8
- François Tak Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered. [1]
- February 10
- William Dugdale Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies. [1]
- February 15
- Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide" premieres in Paris. [1]
- Mathias Rauchmüller German sculptor (Piasten mausoleum Poland), dies. [1]
- February 24
- Ferdinando Tacca Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at age 66. [1]
- February 26
- Godefroi L Earl d'estrades French diplomat/marshal, dies at about age 78. [1]
- April 28
- First volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published. [1]
- July 22
- City of Albany, New York chartered. [1]
- August 18
- Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus. [1]
- December 11
- Louis II Condé duke of Bourbon, dies at age 65. [1]
- December 19
- Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe). [1]
1687
- January 20
- Ships under the command of William Phips locate the wreck of the Spanish treasure galleon Concepción, off the Bahama Islands. [262.164]
- January 28
- Johannes Hevelius astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday. [1]
- February 22
- Jean-Baptiste Lully Paris, composer. [1]
- March 19
- Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle French explorer (Louisiana), murdered in what is now Texas at age 43. [1]
- March 28
- Constantine Huygens diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at age 90. [1]
- April 4
- English King James II orders his Declaration of Indulgence read in church. [1]
- April 16
- George Villiers second duke of Buckingham dies at age 59. [1]
- June 28
- William Phips is knighted by King James II of England for his service to the crown in locating the wreck of Spanish galleon Concepción. He is appointed provost-marshal of New England. [262.15,168]
- July 5
- Isaac Newton's PRINCIPIA published by Royal Society in England. [1]
- July 6
- Newton publishes "Principia". [1]
- September 26
- Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians. [1]
- December 31
- First Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope. [1]
1688
- February 17
- Reverend James Renwick hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian. [1]
- February 18
- Quakers conduct first formal protest of slavery in Germantown Pennsylvania. [1]
- March 9
- Claude Mellan French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at age 89. [1]
- May 9
- Frederick William Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at age 68. [1]
- May 22
- Johann A Quenstedt German Lutheran theologist, dies at age 70. [1]
- May 27
- Sir John Narbrough of England dies of fever on the frigate Foresight, off the Bahama Islands. [262.171]
- August 31
- John Bunyan preacher/novelist/author of "Pilgrim's Progress,", dies. [1]
- October 16
- Death of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, in Jamaica. [262.181]
- November 5
- William, Prince of Orange, lands at Torbay, Devon, in England, marching on London. [262.155,172]
- December 4
- General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III. [1]
- December 15
- Gaspar Fagel lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at age 54. [1]
- Lord Delamere sides with King James II. [1]
- December 19
- King James II's wife and son flee to France. [1]
- December 20
- Prince Willem III's troops pull into London. [1]
- December 23
- English King James II flees to France. [1] [262.172] [309.54]
- Jean-Louis Lully composer, dies at age 21. [1]
- December 25
- English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France. [1]
- Lord Delamere sides with King James II. [1]
- December 31
- Pro-James II-earl of Devonshire occupies Nottingham. [1]
1689
- January 1
- Pro-James II-Earl of Danby occupies York. [1]
- January 22
- Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords. [1]
- Prince Willem III calls English parliament together. [1]
- January 26
- Jean Racine's "Esther" premieres in Saint-Cyr. [1]
- January 28
- English parliament ends king Charles II reign. [1]
- February 13
- British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights. [1]
- William, Prince of Orange, is offered the crown of England. [262.177]
- February 14
- English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne. [1]
- Charles Mordaunt is appointed privy councillor in London. [262.177]
- February 15
- German Parliament declares war on France. [1]
- February 21
- Isaacus Vossius Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies. [1]
- February 23
- Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England. [1]
- March 12
- Former English King James II lands in Ireland. [1]
- March 14
- Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen. [1]
- April 8
- Charles Mordaunt is appointed first lord of the treasury of England. [262.177]
- April 9
- Charles Mordaunt is appointed Earl of Monmouth in England. [262.177]
- April 11
- William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain. [1]
- April 15
- French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain. [1]
- April 18
- George Jeffreys first Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies. [1]
- April 19
- Christina Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies. [1]
- April 21
- William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England. [1]
- April 29
- Charles Mordaunt is appointed lord lieutenant of Northamptonshire in England. [262.177]
- May 8
- English King William III declares war on France. [1] [262.155]
- May 11
- Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle. [1]
- May 12
- England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg. [1]
- May 24
- English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants. [1]
- May 27
- Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland. [1]
- July 27
- Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie. [1]
- August 25
- Montréal taken by Iroquois. [1]
- December 16
- English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution. [1]
- December 22
- Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck. [1]
- December 29
- Olfert Dapper Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried. [1]
- December 30
- Henry Purcell and Tates opera "Dido and Aeneas" premieres in Chesea. [1]
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