Explore 112 historical events from 1670–1679.
Jacques Marquette, sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and la…
Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (born 1637)
Gaspard Dughet, also known as Gaspard Poussin, was a French painter born in Rome.
Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (born 1613)
Charles Emmanuel II ; 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675) was Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 October 1638 until his death in 1675 and under regency of his mother Ch…
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (born 1634)
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, commonly known as Turenne, was a French general and one of only six marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The m…
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (born 1611)
Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian, and one of the commissioners of the Great Seal during the Interregnum.
Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (born 1605)
John III Sobieski was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.
John III Sobieski becomes king of Poland-Lithuania
The szlachta were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was the dominating social class i…
The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later fo…
Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort
The invasion of Martinique in 1674 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Dutch Republic to conquer the Caribbean island of Martinique from France. In spite of overwhelming Dutch super…
A Dutch assault on the French island of Martinique is repulsed against all odds.
Isaac Watts was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works …
Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (died 1748)
Philippe, Duke of Orléans, who was known as the Regent, was a French prince, soldier, and statesman who served as Regent of the Kingdom of France from 1715 to 1723. He is referred …
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (died 1723)
František Maxmilián Kaňka was a Czech architect. He was among the most important and most prolific Baroque architects in the Czech lands.
František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (died 1766)
John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdashe…
John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (born 1620)
Marin le Roy, sieur du Parc et de Gomberville was a French poet and novelist.
Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (born 1600)
Tomás de Yepes or Hiepes was a Spanish Baroque painter in the Kingdom of Valencia. He worked as a painter of still life and bodegón—still life paintings depicting pantry items. He …
Tomás Yepes, Spanish painter (born 1595 or 1600)
Jijabai, was the mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. He belonged to the lineage of Deva…
Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (born 1598)
Eberhard III ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1628 until his death in 1674.
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (born 1614)
Philippe de Champaigne was a Brabant-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of French Baroque painting. He was a founding member of the Académie royale de peinture et de…
Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1602)
Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later fo…
Shivaji (pictured), who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crown
Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later fo…
Shivaji, who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the firs
Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the f…
Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River
French people are the individuals who are identified with the country of France, or more broadly, a global sociolinguistic group that share a common connection through the French l…
French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reach the Mississippi River and become the first Europeans to make
Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Germans, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Archduchess consort of Austria etc. as the spouse of Josep…
Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1742)
Antoni de Literes, also known as Antonio de Literes or Antoni Literes Carrión, was a Spanish composer of zarzuelas. As with other national forms of baroque opera, Literes's stage w…
Antonio de Literes, Spanish composer (died 1747)