1672
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| Years: 1669 1670 1671 - 1672 - 1673 1674 1675 | |||
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- March 15 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
- May 2 - John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
- June 12 - French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine to Netherlands
- June 28 - William III of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
- England, France, Münster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.
Births
- January 4 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
- January 15 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
- February 13 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731)
- February 26 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
- May 1 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
- June 9 - Emperor Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
- June 11 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
- August 2 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
- September 8 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
- Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1750)
Deaths
- 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)
- 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)
