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Events
- January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv , Smolensk , and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty Of Andrusovo that put a final end to The Deluge , and Poland lost its status as a Central European Power .
- April 27 - The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of '' Paradise Lost '' for £10.
- June 12 -17 - In the Raid On The Medway , a Dutch fleet under admiral Michiel De Ruyter burns Sheerness , sails up the River Medway , raids Chatham dockyards and escapes with the royal barge ''The Royal Charles''.
- June 15 - The first human Blood Transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys . He transfuses the blood of a Sheep to a 15-year old boy. (Though this operation is a success, a later patient dies from the procedure and Denys is accused of murder).
- June 20 – Dutch troops attack Royal Navy ships in London and Chatham and burn them.
- ends the war. The treaty also recognizes Acadia as a French possession.
- October 18 - Brooklyn is chartered under the name Brueckelen by Mathias Nicolls , Governor of New Netherlands .
- November 25 - Devastating Earthquake rocks Caucasia , killing 80,000 people.
- Suleiman I becomes Shah of Persia .
- The Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb buys off the bandit Shivaji by making him a Rajah and allowing him to collect taxes.
- Robert Hooke demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for Respiration .
- The War Of Devolution begins, France invades Flanders and Franche-Comté .
- Louis XIV Of France abolishes the Livre Parisis (Paris Pound) in favor of the much more widely used Livre Tournois (Tours Pound). He also designates Gabriel Nicolas De La Reynie as first chief of "police" of Paris .
- French army uses Grenadier s.
- Yohannes succeeds his father Fasildos as Emperor Of Ethiopia .
Births
- April 29 - John Arbuthnot , English physician and writer (d. 1735 )
- May 26 - Abraham De Moivre , French mathematician (d. 1754 )
- June 18 - Ivan Trubetskoy , Russian field marshal (d. 1750 )
- July 28 - Johann Bernoulli , Swiss mathemiatician (d. 1748 )
- August 11 - Anna Maria Luisa De' Medici , last of the Medicis (d. 1743 )
- September 5 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri , Italian mathematician (d. 1733 )
- September 28 - Asano Naganori , Japanese warlord (d. 1701 )
- November 5 - Christoph Ludwig Agricola , German painter (d. 1719 )
- November 2 - James Sobieski , Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737 )
- November 30 - Jonathan Swift , Irish writer (d. 1745 )
- December 9 - William Whiston , English mathematician (d. 1752 )
- December 25 - Ehrengard Melusine Von Der Schulenburg, Duchess Of Kendal And Munster
- Antonio Lotti , Italian composer (d. 1740 )
Deaths
- May 2 - George Wither , English writer (b. 1588 )
- May 7 - Johann Jakob Froberger , German composer (b. 1616 )
- May 16 - Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl Of Southampton , English statesman (b. 1607 )
- May 22 - Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599 )
- May 25 - Gustaf Bonde , Swedish statesman (b. 1620 )
- June 5 - Pietro Sforza Pallavicino , Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1607 )
- July 28 - Abraham Cowley , English poet (b. 1618 )
- August 3 - Francesco Borromini , Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599 )
- August 13 - Jeremy Taylor , Irish clergyman and writer (b. 1613 )
- October 18 - Emperor Fasilides Of Ethiopia
- November 12 - Hans Nansen , Danish statesman (b. 1598 )
- November 28 - Jean De Thévenot , French traveler and scientist (b. 1633 )
- Antonio Abati , Italian poet
Heads of states
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