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| Years: 1671 1672 1673 - 1674 - 1675 1676 1677 | |
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York
- May 21 - John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland.
- June 6 - Shivaji is crowned King of the Maratha lands.
- November 10 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of Feb 19, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
- December 4 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago).
Births
- July 17 - Isaac Watts, hymn-writer
- August 2 - Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
Deaths
- January 12 - Giacomo Carissimi Baroque era composer and musician
- November 8 - John Milton, English poet (b. 1608)
- Robert Herrick, English poet
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