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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1674 1675 1676 - 1677 - 1678 1679 1680
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1650s 1660s - 1670s ''' - 1680s 1690s 1700s
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| align="center" | - 17th Century ''' - 18th Century
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Events
Births
Deaths
- January 9 - Aernout Van Der Neer , Dutch painter (b. 1603 )
- February 21 - Baruch Spinoza , Dutch philosopher (b. 1632 )
- March 28 - Václav Hollar , Czech-born actor (b. 1607 )
- May 4 - Isaac Barrow , English mathematician (b. 1630 )
- May 20 - George Digby, 2nd Earl Of Bristol , English statesman (b. 1612 )
- August - Matthew Locke , English composer
- September 11 - James Harrington , English political philosopher (b. 1611 )
- Fabian Von Fersen , Swedish soldier (b. 1626 )
- Gilbert Sheldon , Archbishop Of Canterbury (b. 1598 )
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