Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 29 |
Feodor III succeeds his father and becomes Tsar of Russia. |
Feb 10 |
Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster Mass |
Apr 18 |
Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians |
Apr 22 |
Battle of Etna - Neth/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded |
May 10 |
Bacon's Rebellion begins, frontiersmen vs Virginia government |
Jun 1 |
Battle of Öland - a naval battle between allied Danish-Dutch and Swedish fleets in the Baltic Sea, part of the Scanian War (1675—79) for supremacy over the southern Baltic. Allied victory, two Swedish commanders killed. |
Jun 2 |
Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet |
Jun 11 |
Battle at Öland: Danish & Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden |
Jul 29 |
Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians |
Aug 3 |
Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia" |
Aug 12 |
1st war between American colonists & Indians ends in New England |
Sep 19 |
Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire |
Sep 21 |
Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI |
Oct 27 |
Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw |
Nov 3 |
Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Kiprulu as Turkish grand vizier |
Nov 6 |
King Carlos II of Spain comes of age (at 15) |
Nov 16 |
1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket Mass |
Dec 3 |
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000 |
Dec 4 |
Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt. |
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