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[[File:Christian v of denmark crowned.jpg|300px|thumb|[[June 7]]: [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]] is crowned as King of Denmark and of Norway at [[Frederiksborg Castle]].]]
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[[File:Commemorative medallion 1671 – Lemonnier 1929 t X, p V – U of Toronto, Internet Archive (adjusted).jpg|thumbnail|right|[[December 30]]: The [[Académie royale d'architecture]] is founded.]]
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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; The [[Criminal Ordinance of 1670]], the first attempt at a uniform code of criminal procedure in France, goes into effect after having been passed on August 26, 1670.
* [[January 5]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Salher]] is fought in [[India]] as the first major confrontation between the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] and the [[Mughal Empire]], with the Maratha Army of 40,000 infantry and cavalry under the command of General [[Prataprao Gujar]] defeating a larger Mughal force led by General [[Diler Khan]].<ref>''Sharad Pawar, the Maratha Legacy'', ed. by S. R. Bakshi et al., (APH Publishing Corporation, 1998)  p. 12</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; The ballet ''[[Psyché (play)|Psyché]]'', with music composed by [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], premieres before the royal court of King [[Louis XIV]] at the [[Théâtre des Tuileries]] in [[Paris]].
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Henry Morgan's Panama expedition]] - the city of [[Panamá Viejo|Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá]], founded more than 150 years earlier at the [[Isthmus of Panama]] by Spanish settlers and the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific Ocean, is destroyed by the [[Wales|Welsh]] pirate [[Henry Morgan]].  The last surviving original structures are now part of [[Panama City]], capital of the Central American nation of [[Panama]].
* [[February 1]] &ndash; The Tsar [[Alexis of Russia]] marries [[Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina]], who gives birth 16 months later to the future [[Peter the Great]].
* [[February 27]] &ndash; The [[Ortenau]] meteorite lands in Germany.
* [[March 3]] &ndash; ''[[Pomone (opera)|Pomone]]'', written by [[Robert Cambert]] and considered by modern scholars to be the first [[French language|French]] [[opera]], is given its first performance.  Using innovative costumes, and machinery for special stage effects, the premiere performed by the [[Académie d'Opéra]] at the [[Salle de la Bouteille]] theater in Paris is a success.<ref>"Cambert, Robert", by Christina Bashford, in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (Macmillan, 1992) pp. 696–698</ref>
* [[March 11]] &ndash; The [[Danish West India Company]], a charter ship company whose operations include [[human trafficking]] of African slaves to the Western Hemisphere by its Danish Africa Company subsidiary, is founded.<ref>Waldemar Westergaard, ''The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671-1754): With a Supplementary Chapter, 1755-1917'' (Macmillan, 1917) pp. 31–32</ref>
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[List of European tornadoes and tornado outbreaks#Pre-20th century|A tornado kills more than 600 people]] in the city of [[Cadiz]] in [[Spain]].<ref>Esteban Mira Caballos, ''Las Armadas del Imperio: Poder y hegemonía en tiempo de los Austrias'' (La Esfera de los Libros, S.L.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bogdanantonescu.squarespace.com/blog/2014/10/23/deadly-european-tornadoes|title=Deadly European Tornadoes (1091–2013)|website=B. Antonescu|date=November 14, 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-14}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[Sabine baronets]] title is created in England for John Sabine.
* [[March 31]] &ndash; England's [[Royal Navy]] launches its first warship to have a frame reinforced by iron bars rather than an all wooden ship, an innovation by naval architect [[Anthony Deane (mayor)|Anthony Deane]].  The state of the art, 102-gun ship is commissioned on January 18, 1672, as the flagship for Admiral [[Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich|Edward Montagu]] but is sunk less than five months later in the [[Battle of Solebay]].  Iron-framed ships are not attempted again for almost 50 years.
* [[March]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Saraighat]] in India, fought in mid-March, General [[Lachit Borphukan]] of the [[Ahom kingdom]], located in what is now the Indian state of [[Assam]] defeats a larger force of [[Mughal Empire]] troops on the outskirts of what is now [[Guwahati]].
=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; In Rome, [[Pope Clement X]] [[Canonization|canonizes]] [[Rose of Lima]], making her the first [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[saint]] of the Americas.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blood]], disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom]] from the [[Tower of London]]. He is immediately caught, because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death, and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]].
* [[June 7]] &ndash; The coronation ceremony of [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V of Denmark-Norway]] takes place at the [[Frederiksborg Castle]] in [[Hillerød]], north of [[Copenhagen]].  Christian had assumed the throne on February 9, 1670, upon the death of his father, Frederick III.
* [[June 22]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] declares [[Polish–Ottoman War (1672–76)|war on Poland]].
=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Awashonks]], the female sachem who leads the [[Sakonnet]] Indians in what is now the U.S. state of [[Rhode Island]], signs a peace agreement with the English leaders of the neighboring [[Plymouth Colony]] (now part of [[Massachusetts]]), along with chiefs Totatomet, Tattacommett and Somagaonet.<ref>Samuel G. Drake, ''The Book of the Indians, or, Biography and history of the Indians of North America, from its first discovery to the year 1841'' (Benjamin B. Mussey, 1845) p. 65</ref>
* [[August 15]] &ndash; [[Jamaica]]'s Governor [[Thomas Lynch (governor)|Thomas Lynch]] offers a general pardon to pirates who are willing to come under Jamaican jurisdiction.<ref>Clarence H. Haring, ''The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century'' (E. P. Dutton, 1910) p. 200</ref>
* [[September 6]] &ndash; The Court of King [[Charles II of England]] dispatches a letter to the "King of Formosa" ([[Zheng Jing]], ruler of the [[Tungning|Kingdom of Tungning]]) confirming that English ships will be welcome to trade at the "City of Tywan", referring to [[Taipei]] on the island of [[Taiwan]].
=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 25]] &ndash; Italian-born French astronomer [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] discovers [[Iapetus (moon)|Iapetus]], the second known moon of the planet [[Saturn]].  [[Christiaan Huygens]] had discovered the Saturnian moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] on March 25, 1655.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Venice]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] sign a treaty delineating the borders between their territories in modern-day Greece, with Venice acknowledging the loss of the island of [[Crete]] in the [[Cretan War (1645–1669)|Cretan War]].
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Dionysius IV of Constantinople|Dionysius IV]], bishop of Larissa, is elected as the [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]], leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians, after [[Parthenius IV of Constantinople|Parthenius IV]] is sent into exile.
* [[November 9]] &ndash; The [[Dorset Garden Theatre|Duke of York's Theatre]] is opened in [[London]] by the players of the [[Duke's Company]], rivals to the "King's Company" at the Theatre Royal, which burns down two months later.  The site is now the Dorset Garden Theatre.
* [[November 18]] &ndash; In southwest Africa, troops of the Army of [[Portugal]], under the command of [[Luís Lopes de Sequeira]], win the [[Battle of Pungo Andongo]], capturing the fortress capital of the [[Kingdom of Ndongo]] after nine months and deposing King Ngola Hari.  The kingdom is annexed into the Portuguese colony of Angola.
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Lê Gia Tông]], age 10, is installed as the figurehead [[List of monarchs of Vietnam|Emperor of Vietnam]] (a kingdom known as [[Đại Việt]] or Annam) by the warlord [[Trịnh Tạc]], after the death, three days earlier, of [[Lê Huyền Tông]].  He reigns until his death on April 3, 1675.
* [[December 7]] &ndash; The first [[Seventh Day Baptist]] church in America is founded with a service on a Saturday at [[Newport, Rhode Island]], by Stephen Mumford and four Sabbatarians who believed that Christian church services should be held on Saturday, the seventh and last day of the week, in keeping with the commandment of remembering the [[Sabbath]].<ref>Scott Bryant, ''The Awakening of the Freewill Baptists: Benjamin Randall and the Founding of an American Religious Tradition'' (Mercer University Press, 2011) p. 19</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sanford |first=Don A. |title=A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists |publisher=Broadman Press |year=1992 |isbn=0-8054-6055-1 |location=Nashville |pages=127–286}}</ref>
* [[December 30]] &ndash; The ''[[Académie royale d'architecture]]'' is founded by [[Louis XIV of France]] in [[Paris]] as the world's first school of [[architecture]].
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* The first Jewish families settle in [[Berlin]], moving from Vienna at the invitation of [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg]].</onlyinclude>
== Births ==
[[File:Rousseau, Jean-Baptiste (Руссо, Жан Батист).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]]]]
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie]], French military leader (d. [[1745]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury]], English politician and philosopher (d. [[1713]])
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Rob Roy MacGregor]], Scottish folk hero  (d. [[1734]])
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Rousseau]], French poet (d. [[1741]])
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[John Law (economist)|John Law]], Scottish economist (d. [[1729]])
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (d. [[1737]])
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Tomaso Albinoni]], Italian composer (d. [[1751]])
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Christian Detlev Reventlow]], Danish diplomat and military leader, brother-in-law of king [[Frederick IV of Denmark]] (d. [[1738]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Margareta von Ascheberg]], Swedish land owner, countess and acting [[regiment]]al [[colonel]] (d. [[1753]])
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Jacques d'Allonville]], French astronomer and mathematician (d. [[1732]])
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[Guido Grandi]], Italian mathematician (d. [[1742]])
* [[October 11]] &ndash; King [[Frederick IV of Denmark]] (d. [[1730]])
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Colley Cibber]], English actor-manager and poet laureate (d. [[1757]])
* [[November 15]] ''(bapt.)'' &ndash; [[Anne Bracegirdle]], English actress (d. [[1748]])
== Deaths ==
[[File:Giovanni Battista Riccioli.jpg|110px|thumbnail|right|[[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]]]]
[[File:Блаженный Антонио Грасси.jpg|thumb|110px|Blessed [[Antonio Grassi]]]]
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh]] (b. [[1643]])
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Philipp, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen]] (b. [[1616]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Henry X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein]], Rector of the University of Leipzig (b. [[1621]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[John Mennes]], English Royal Navy admiral (b. [[1599]])
* [[February 22]] &ndash; [[Adam Olearius]], German scholar (b. [[1599]])
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[1602]])
* [[March 1]]
** [[Marzio Ginetti]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1585]])
** [[Leopold Wilhelm of Baden-Baden]], Imperial Field Marshal (b. [[1626]])
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Antonio de la Cerda, 7th Duke of Medinaceli]], Grandee of Spain (b. [[1607]])
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Axel Urup]], Danish general (b. [[1601]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Anne Hyde]], wife of the future [[James II of England]] (b. [[1637]])
* [[April 20]] &ndash; [[Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon]], French mathematician (b. [[1596]])
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Theodorick Bland of Westover]], American politician (b. [[1629]])
* [[April 30]]
** [[Petar Zrinski]], Croatian [[Ban (title)]] and nobleman (b. [[1621]])
** [[Fran Krsto Frankopan]], Croatian poet and nobleman (b. [[1643]])
* [[May 5]] &ndash; [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester]], English politician (b. [[1602]])
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Bourdon]], French painter and engraver (b. [[1616]])
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco]], Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lima, then Bishop of Arequipa (b. [[1589]])
* [[May 16]] &ndash; [[Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet]], English Member of Parliament (b. [[1584]])
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore]], English politician and Viscount (b. [[1601]])
* [[June 2]]
** [[Edward Leigh (writer)|Edward Leigh]], English writer (b. [[1602]])
** [[Sophia Eleonore of Saxony]], German duchess (b. [[1609]])
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Sebastian von Rostock]], German bishop (b. [[1607]])
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]], Italian astronomer (b. [[1598]])
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Jan Cossiers]], Flemish painter (b. [[1600]])
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Méric Casaubon]], English classical scholar (b. [[1599]])
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise]] (b. [[1650]])
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Antonio Barberini]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1607]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet, of Godstone]], English noble (b. [[1633]])
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Hugues de Lionne]], French statesman (b. [[1611]])
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Roshanara Begum]], Mughal princess (b. [[1617]])
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Ironside the elder]], English bishop (b. [[1588]])
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Joachim Ernest, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön]] (1622–1671) (b. [[1595]])
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet]], English politician (b. [[1593]])
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron]], English Civil War general (b. [[1612]])
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Thomas Trenchard (died 1671)|Thomas Trenchard]], English politician (b. [[1640]])
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Antonio Grassi]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] priest and ''beatus'' (b. [[1592]])
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Samuel Gott]], English politician (b. [[1614]])
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Gronovius]], German classical scholar (b. [[1611]])
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