1679

Years: 1676 1677 1678 - 1679 - 1680 1681 1682
Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament
June 22 - the Duke of Monmouth subdues an insurrection of Scottish Covenanters at Birthwell Bridge
August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes.
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
Habeas Corpus Act 1679 passed in England.
European explorers discover Niagara Falls.
Whig Parliament elected in England
A fire in Boston burns all of the warehouses, 80 houses, and all of the ships in the dockyards.

January 24 - Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754)
March 18 - Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1749)
August 22 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
October 16 - Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer (d. 1745)
October 18 - Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1716)
Firmin Abauzit, French scientist (d. 1767)

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