1679
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| Years: 1676 1677 1678 - 1679 - 1680 1681 1682 | |||
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament
- June 22 - the Duke of Monmouth subdues a insurrection of Scottish Covenanters at Birthwell Bridge
- August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes.
- Battle of Bothwell Bridge
- Habeas Corpus Act 1679 passed in England.
- European explorers discover Niagara Falls.
Births
- January 24 - Christian Wolff, German philosopher (d. 1754)
- March 18 - Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1749)
- August 22 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
- October 16 - Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer (d. 1745)
- October 18 - Ann Putnam, Jr., American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1716)
- Firmin Abauzit, French scientist (d. 1767)
Deaths
- January 1 - Jan Steen, Dutch painter
- March 16 - John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
- March 26 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)
- May 3 - James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
- May 26 - Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636)
- June 15 - Guillaume Courtois, French painter (b. 1628)
- July 11 - William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
- August 6 - John Snell, English royalist (b. 1629)
- August 24 - Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz, French churchman and agitator (b. 1614)
- September 17 - John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general (b. 1629)
- October 12 - William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
- October 26 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. 1621)
- December 4 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
- December 31 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
- Lady Anne Finch Conway, English philosopher (b. 1631)
