1672

Years: 1669 1670 1671 - 1672 - 1673 1674 1675
Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

England, France, Münster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is known as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.

January 15 - John Cosin, English clergyman (b. 1594)
February 19 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)
April 22 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
May 5 - Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
May 11 - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
May 28 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
June 27 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (b. 1597)
July 3 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)
August 20 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1625)
August 20 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (b. 1623)
September 12 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
September 16 - Anne Bradstreet, American colonial writer
October 24 - John Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
November 6 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer (b. 1585)
November 19 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
December 6 - King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)
December 7 - Richard Bellingham, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)
Simon Dezhnev, Russian navigator
Denis Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (b. 1603)

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