1674
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| Years: 1671 1672 1673 - 1674 - 1675 1676 1677 | |||
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York
- May 21 - John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland.
- June 6 - Shivaji is crowned King of the Maratha lands.
- August 11 - The French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeated the Dutch-Spanish-Austrian army under William III of Orange at Seneffe.
- November 10 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of Feb 19, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
- December 4 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
Births
- January 15 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
- January 24 - Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (d. 1735)
- July 12 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1765)
- July 17 - Isaac Watts, English hymnist (d. 1748)
- August 2 - Philip II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France (d. 1723)
- August 9 - František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
- December 25 - Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)
Deaths
- January 12 - Giacomo Carissimi Italian composer (b. 1605)
- February 22 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (b. 1595)
- February 24 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
- March 8 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
- June 14 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
- July 2 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
- August 12 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
- October - Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)
- October 10 - Thomas Traherne, English poet
- October 22 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
- October 27 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
- November 8 - John Milton, English poet (b. 1608)
- December 9 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman and historian (b. 1609)
