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Year 1677'' ( MDCLXXVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Monday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).

EVENTS OF 1677

January - June

April 11 - At the Battle Of Cassel , Philippe I Of Orléans defeats William Of Orange .

May 29 - Treaty Of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia Colonist s and the local Indians .

May 31 - Danish ships clash with Swedish ships under Niels Juel between Fehmarn and Warnemünde - Danish defeat the Swedish and capture number of ships.

July - December

July 14 - Battle Of Landskrona , Sweden .

November 4 - The future Mary II Of England marries William Of Orange .

November 16 - French troops occupy Freiburg .

Undated

First performance of Racine's Tragedy , '' Phèdre ''.

English Statute Of Frauds is passed into law.

Elias Ashmole gifts the collection that begins the Ashmolean Museum to Oxford University .

Francis Aungier is made the first Earl Of Longford .

Michel Le Tellier becomes Chancellor of France .

Second London Baptist Confession written, published in 1689 .

Charles II Of England makes Henry Purcell Court Musician .

Jules Hardouin-Mansart begins ''la place Vendôme'' in Paris (completed in 1698 ).

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek observes Spermatozoa under the Microscope .

The Swedes defeat the Danes , at Rostock and at Landström .

Population of Paris first exceeds 500,000.

Ice Cream becomes popular in Paris. {Link without Title}

BIRTHS

February 3 - Jan Santini Aichel , Czech architect ( died 1723 )

February 4 - Johann Ludwig Bach , German composer (died 1731 )

February 8 - Jacques Cassini , French astronomer (died 1756 )

August 27 - Otto Ferdinand Graf Von Abensperg Und Traun , Austrian field marshal (died 1748 )

September 17 - Stephen Hales , English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (died 1761 )

October 20 - Stanisław Leszczyński (died 1766 )

''date unknown''

William Dummer, acting Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (died 1761 )

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DEATHS

February 21 - Baruch Spinoza , Dutch philosopher (born 1632 )

March 28 - Václav Hollar , Czech-born actor (born 1607 )

May 4 - Isaac Barrow , English mathematician (born 1630 )

May 20 - George Digby, 2nd Earl Of Bristol , English statesman (born 1612 )

July 30 - Fabian Von Fersen , Swedish soldier (born 1626 )

August - Matthew Locke (composer) , English composer (born 1621 )

September 11 - James Harrington , English political philosopher (born 1611 )

November 9 - Aernout Van Der Neer , Dutch painter (born 1603 )

''date unknown'' - Gilbert Sheldon , Archbishop Of Canterbury (born 1598 )

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