Notable Historical Events - 1672
1672 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris |
Feb 8 |
Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London |
Feb 23 |
Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam |
Mar 15 |
King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence |
Mar 17 |
England declares war on Netherlands |
Apr 6 |
France declares war on Netherlands |
Apr 29 |
Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. |
May 2 |
John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March. |
May 6 |
Brandenburg monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands |
May 15 |
1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts |
May 17 |
Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada) |
Jun 7 |
Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet |
Jun 12 |
French army under Gen Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith |
Jun 21 |
Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded |
Jun 21 |
French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Utrecht |
Jun 25 |
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass |
Jul 4 |
States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void |
Jul 8 |
Willem II becomes captain-/admiral-general |
Jul 9 |
Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand |
Aug 20 |
Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague. |
Sep 6 |
Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden from France |
Oct 18 |
Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz |
Dec 10 |
NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston |
Dec 23 |
Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn |
Dec 30 |
Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth |
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