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)