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What Happened In History Year 1677

Historical Events for the Year 1677

  • 19th April » The French army Siege of Cambrai (1677) e.g captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
  • 29th May » Treaty of 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia Settler colonists and the local Native Americans in the United States Natives.
  • 23rd July » Scanian War: Denmark–Norway Battle of Marstrand called captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
  • 4th November » The future Mary II of England marries William III of England e.g William, Prince of Orange. They would later jointly reign as William and Mary.

Famous Birthdays in 1677

  • 2nd February » Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer) called Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer (d. 1745)
  • 3rd February » Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau (d. 1723)
  • 4th February » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (d. 1731)
  • 18th February » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
  • 26th February » Nicola Fago, Italian composer and educator (d. 1745)
  • 18th June » Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1726)
  • 27th August » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian general (d. 1748)
  • 17th September » Stephen Hales, English physiologist and chemist, invented Forceps (d. 1761)
  • 27th September » Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
  • 20th October » Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (d. 1766)

Famous Deaths in History for 1677

  • 18th January » Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch administrator, founded Cape Town (b. 1619)
  • 21st February » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632)
  • 25th March » Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English etcher (b. 1607)
  • 4th May » Isaac Barrow, English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630)
  • 20th May » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, Secretary of State (England) or English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
  • 23rd June » William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
  • 11th September » James Harrington (author) called James Harrington, English philosopher and author (b. 1611)
  • 9th November » Aert van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)

Historical events for the year 1677 by month