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Started by Brex, August 16, 2011, 04:16:59 AM

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#1665
1666 - Great Fire of London

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#1666
1667 Pope Clement IX succeeds Pope Alexander VII, becoming the 238th pope.

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#1667
1668 - Isaac Newton builds the first Reflecting telescope.

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#1668
1669 Mount Etna erupts, destroying the town of Nicolosi and killing 20,000 people.

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1670 - Pope Clement X succeeds Pope Clement IX as the 239th pope.

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1671 In Rome, Pope Clement X canonizes Rose of Lima, making her the first Catholic saint of the Americas.

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#1671
1672 - The Kingdom of France declares war on the Dutch Republic.

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#1672
1673 In America, trader Louis Joliet and Jesuit missionary-explorer Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes.

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#1673
1674 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renames it New York, in exchange for the British colonies of Berbice and Essequibo.

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#1674
1675 John Sassamon's alleged murderers are executed at Plymouth.

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#1675
1676 - Pope Innocent XI succeeds Pope Clement X as the 240th pope.

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#1676
1677 first medical publication in America (Pamphlet on smallpox) , Boston

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#1677
1678 - – The first fire engine company in what will become the United States goes into service.

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#1678
1679 The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is passed in England.

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#1679
1680 - The volcano Krakatoa erupts, probably on a relatively small scale.