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What Happened In History Year 1674

Historical Events for the Year 1674

  • 19th February » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster (1674) called Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York City or New Y
  • 21st May » The szlachta or nobility elect John III of Poland called John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
  • 6th June » Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, is crowned.
  • 24th September » Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
  • 10th November » Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster (1674) named Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
  • 4th December » Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago or Chicago, Illinois.)

Famous Birthdays in 1674

  • 9th January » Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
  • 15th January » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet (d. 1762)
  • 24th January » Thomas Tanner (bishop) e.g Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
  • 17th July » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
  • 2nd August » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
  • 9th August » František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion (d. 1766)
  • 17th September » Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
  • 29th September » Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (d. 1763)
  • 25th December » Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712)

Famous Deaths in History for 1674

  • 12th January » Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
  • 22nd February » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
  • 24th February » Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
  • 8th March » Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French author (b. 1597)
  • 18th April » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)
  • 14th June » Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)
  • 2nd July » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
  • 12th August » Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
  • 27th September » Thomas Traherne, English clergyman, poet, and theologian (b. 1637)
  • 27th October » Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (b. 1614)
  • 8th November » John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
  • 9th December » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)

Historical events for the year 1674 by month