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| Years: 1680 1681 1682 - 1683 - 1684 1685 1686 | |
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- June 6 - The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum.
- June 12 - The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England is discovered
- September 7 - Polish-German troops arrive in Vienna to help the besieged
- November 1 - The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties
- Thames River is frozen
- Dragonards organized to harass huguenots in France
- Wild boars are hunted to extinction in Britain
- A huge 140,000-man Ottoman force arrives at Vienna in June and starts to besiege the city. The siege is broken in September 12 with the arrival of a force of 30,000 Polish, Austrians and Germans under Polish-Lithuanian king John III, whose cavalry turns their flank. Considered to be the turning point in the Ottoman Empire's fortunes.
Births
- February 28 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, scientist (+ 1757).
- March 1 - Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Consort of King George II of Great Britain
- September 25 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer
- November 10 - King George II of Great Britain.
- December 19 - King Philip V of Spain
Deaths
- July 30 - Queen Marie-Thérèse, first wife of Louis XIV
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