What happened in 1678?

Battle of Saint-Denis

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Denis

1678 battle

Battle of Warksow

Wars & Conflicts · Rügen

1678 battle during the Swedish-Brandenburg War where Swedish forces defeated an allied army composed mainly of Danes

Siege of Stralsund, 1678

Wars & Conflicts · Stralsund

Siege

Siege of Ypres

Wars & Conflicts · Ypres

1678 during the Franco-Dutch War

Siege of Bohus Fortress

Wars & Conflicts · Bohus Fortress

1678 siege during the Scanian War

Dzungar conquest of Altishahr

Wars & Conflicts · Tarim Basin

Aspect of 17th-century Central Asian history

Lalbagh Fort

Wars & Conflicts

Mughal Architecture

Kediri Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · East Java

1678 military campaign in which Mataram and VOC forces took Kediri from Trunajaya

Wu Sangui died

People · Hengyang

Chinese general and rebel (1612-1678)

Jerónimo Lobo died

People · Lisbon

Portuguese missionary

Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo died

People · Genoa

Italian missionary (1621-1678)

Willem Piso died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch physician and naturalist (1611–1678)

Giacomo Torelli died

People · Fano

Italian stage designer, engineer, and architect (1608-1678)

Claude Hardy died

People · Paris

French mathematician

Claude-François Milliet Dechales died

People · Turin

French mathematician

Matteo Campani-Alimenis died

People · Rome

Italian presbyter and inventor

René de Bréhant de Galinée died

People · Rennes

French missionary

John Jenkins died

People · Norfolk

English composer

María de Córdoba died

People · Madrid

Spanish actor

Jacques Hardel died

People · Paris

French musician

Giovanni Battista Maccioni died

People · Rome

Italian composer and librettist (-ca. 1678)

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke born

People · Battersea

Born in Battersea. English politician and Viscount (1678-1751).

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse born

People · Versailles

Born in Versailles. French count; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1678–1737).

Peter von Lacy born

People · Killeedy

Born in Killeedy. Irish general in Russia.

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711.

Yongzheng Emperor born

People · Forbidden City

Born in Forbidden City. Emperor of Qing-dynasty China from 1722 to 1735 (1678–1735).

Christoph Bernhard von Galen died

People · Ahaus

Died in Ahaus. German bishop.

David II of Kakheti born

People · Isfahan

Born in Isfahan. King of Kakheti.

Thai Sa born

People · Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

Born in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. King of Ayutthaya.

Accademia Albertina

Science & Technology

Art school in Turin, Italy

Fleetwreck at Bornholm 1678

Exploration & Discovery

15 Swedish transport ships wrecked at Bornholm

Chalabilar mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Çələbilər

Mosque in Jabrayil, Azerbaijan

St. Coloman

Religion & Belief Systems

Filial church in Schwangau, Germany

St. Andreas

Religion & Belief Systems · Niederlern

Filial church in Niederlern, Germany

Madonna dei Fanghi

Religion & Belief Systems

Shrine in Pieve di Teco, Italy

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist

Religion & Belief Systems

Przemyśl

Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Guia

Religion & Belief Systems · Guia

Church building in Pombal Municipality, Leiria District, Portugal

Ta Kuan-Yin Ting and Hsin-Chi Kung

Religion & Belief Systems

Twin-temple of Guanyin and Baosheng in Tainan, Taiwan

chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges de la Bérarde

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Isère, in France

Swedish House of Nobility

Architecture & Engineering · Gamla stan

Palace built in 1641–1674, which is owned and managed by Sweden's knights and nobility.

Oratory of San Nicola da Tolentino

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Vicenza, Italy

Holm Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Enköping Municipality, Sweden

National Shrine of Virgen La Divina Pastora

Architecture & Engineering

Gapan

Church of St Mary Magdalene

Architecture & Engineering · Willen

Church in Willen, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Château de Choisy

Architecture & Engineering

Castle

Hōzan-ji Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Kuhonbutsu Jōshin-ji Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Tokyo, Japan

Forte Focardo

Architecture & Engineering · Naregno

Building in Capoliveri, Italy

Church of Saint Sergius of Radonezh in Krapivky

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Moscow, Russia

Surp Haç Ermeni Lisesi

Architecture & Engineering

Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation chapel

Architecture & Engineering · Posat

Chapel in Posat in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Reuss-Ebersdorf founded

Empires & Countries · Saalburg-Ebersdorf

Reuss-Ebersdorf was founded, with its capital at Saalburg-Ebersdorf.