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| Years: 1675 1676 1677 - 1678 - 1679 1680 1681 | |
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War.
- September 6 - Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the "Popish Plot", a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II of England
- October 17 - British politician Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Greenberry Hill , London
- About 1200 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia and the Carolinas
- First chrysantemums in Europe
- John Bunyan publishes his novel, The Pilgrim's Progress.
Births
- March 4 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian music composer (died 1741)
- May 16 - Andreas Silbermann , organ builder (died 1734)
- July 26 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1711)
Deaths
- August 16 - Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet and satirist (born 1621)
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