What happened in 1679?
35 recorded events in 1679, including 17 in people, 6 in architecture & engineering and 4 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 4
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Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal War of 1679-1684
1679-1684 war
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Battle of Bothwell Bridge
1679 musical work/composition
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Battle of Drumclog
1679 battle of the Scottish Covenanter Wars
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Battle of Djebel Amour
1679 battle
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1679 peace treaty
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Peace of Lund
Peace treaty
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People 17
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Thomas Hobbes died
English philosopher (1588–1679)
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Methodius III of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Giovanni Alfonso Borelli died
Italian physicist (*1608 – †1679)
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Johann Michael Vansleb died
German theologian (1635-1679)
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John Mayow died
British chemist and doctor
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Jacques de Billy died
French mathematician (1602-1679)
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Henricus Regius died
Dutch philosopher
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Henrik Ruse died
Dutch military engineer
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Onofrio Puglisi died
Italian mathematician (-1679)
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Magnus Celsius died
Swedish astronomer (1621-1679)
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Jonas Moore died
English mathematician, surveyor, Ordnance Officer and patron of astronomy; (1627-1679)
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Giovanni Felice Sances died
Italian singer and composer
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Crato Bütner died
German composer
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Christian Wolff born
Born in Wrocław. German philosopher (1679–1754).
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Leopold, Duke of Lorraine born
Born in Innsbruck. Duke of Lorraine, Bar and of Teschen.
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James Anderson born
Born in Aberdeen. Scottish writer and minister born and educated in Aberdeen, Scotland (1680-1739).
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Firmin Abauzit born
Born in Uzès. French, and then Genevan, physician, theologian and philosopher (1679–1767).
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Ananta Basudeba Temple
Temple in Bansberia
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Economy & Trade 2
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Eichbaum
Trademark
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Artillerie-Inrichtingen
Former Dutch munitions manufacturer
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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1679 Armenia earthquake
Earthquake in West Asia
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1679 Sanhe-Pinggu earthquake
Magnitude 8 Earthquake affecting the Zhili (Greater Beijing) region, China on September 2, 1679
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Architecture & Engineering 6
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Troja Palace
Palace/château in Prague, Czech Republic
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Santa Maria in Montesanto
Church building in municipio I, Italy
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Saint Hakob Church of Kanaker
Cultural heritage monument of Armenia
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Iglesia del Divino Salvador
Church building in Sevilla, Spain
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Ganden Sumtseling Monastery
Monastery and former palace of local government
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Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
Church building in Acquaviva, San Marino
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Empires & Countries 1
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Yarkent Khanate dissolved
Yarkent Khanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Kashgar.
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