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| Years: 1677 1678 1679 - 1680 - 1681 1682 1683 | |
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
Events
- First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau
- The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there.
- July 8 - The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- August 21 - Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt
Births
- January 23 - Joseph Ames, author
- September 22 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
- John Machin, English mathematician
- Blackbeard, pirate
Deaths
- February 17 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b. 1637)
- July 26 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (b. 1647)
- September 11 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan
- November 27 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar
- November 28 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (b. 1598)
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