Events in year of 1670
- 02-14Roman Catholic Emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna
- 02-17France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
- 02-27Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
- 04-29Pope Clemens X elected
- 05-02King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company
- 07-25Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna
- 07-25Vienna Austria expels Jews
- 12-31France and England sign Boyne-treaty
People born in year of 1670
- 02-10Norbert van Flowers [Cephalus]: Flemish painter
- 02-10William Congreve: England, United Kingdom -- Writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)
- 02-14Georg Gabriel Schutz: Composer
- 04-24Christian Ludwig Boxberg: Composer
- 05-12August II [the Strong One]: King of Poland (355 children)
- 07-18Giovanni Battista Bononcini: Italian (opera)composer
People died in year of 1670
- 01-03George Monck: English General, dies at 61
- 01-21Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan: French playwright, dies at 80
- 02-09Frederik III: King of Denmark / Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
- 04-23Loreto Vittori: Composer, dies at 69
- 05-24Ferdinand II: Ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
- 11-10Geory Horn [Hornius]: Theologist / historian, dies at about 50
- 11-15Jan A Comenius [Komensky]: Czech / Netherlands educator / philosopher
- 12-16Dorothy: 1st English Marquis of Halifax
Events in year of 1671
- 01-27Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City
- 04-14Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
- 04-22King Charles II sits in on English parliament
- 05-09Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
- 10-25Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
- 11-01French King Louis XIV and RC German Emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty
- 11-11Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine
People born in year of 1671
- 02-19Charles-Hubert Gervais: Composer
- 03-26Giacomo Cesare Predieri: Composer
- 04-06Jean-Baptiste Rousseau: French playwright / poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)
- 05-21Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia: Composer
- 05-22Abraham Patras: Governor-General of East-Indies (1735-37)
- 06-06Stenka / Stepan Razin: Russian cossack / boer leader
- 06-08Tomaso Albinoni: Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor)
- 10-11Frederik IV: King of Denmark / Norway (1699-1730)
- 12-01Francesco Stradivari: Italian violin maker / Son of Antonius
People died in year of 1671
- 05-07Edward Montagu: English Baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
- 05-07Pieter Stockmans: Flemish Chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
- 06-06Stenka / Stepan Razin: Russian cossack / boer leader, killed
- 06-16Stenka Razin: Cossack rebel leader, tortured and executed in Moscow
- 09-01Hugues de Lionne Marquis de Berny: French ambassador to Rome
- 11-12Thomas: 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron, English General, dies at 59
Events in year of 1672
- 02-08Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London
- 02-23Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam
- 03-15King Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence
- 03-17England declares war on Netherlands
- 04-06France declares war on Netherlands
- 05-06Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands
- 05-151st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
- 05-17Frontenac becomes Governor of New France (Canada)
- 06-07Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French / English fleet
- 06-12French army under General Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith
- 06-21Dutch pension advisor Johan de Witt seriously wounded
- 06-21French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Utrecht
- 06-251st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Massachusetts
- 07-04States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void
- 07-08Willem II becomes captain- / admiral-general
- 07-09Prince Willem III inaugurated as Viceroy of Holland / Zealand
- 10-18Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Buczacz
- 12-10New York Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston
- 12-23Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
- 12-30Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth
People born in year of 1672
- 01-16Francesco Mancini: Composer
- 03-30Peter I "the Great" Romanov: Great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
- 04-06Andre Cardinal Destouches: Composer
- 04-21Johann Philipp Kafer: Composer
- 05-01Joseph Addison: England, United Kingdom -- Essayist (Spectator)
- 05-30Peter I [the Great]: Tsar of Russia
- 06-11Francesco Antonio Bonporti: Composer
- 09-08Nicolas de Grigny: Composer
People died in year of 1672
- 04-22Georg Stiernhielm: Swed Scholar / Author / Poet (Hercules), dies at 73
- 06-07Willem J van Gendt: Admiral / Governor of Breda, dies at about 37
- 06-17Orazio Benevoli: Italian composer, dies at 67
- 07-04Ambrosius Reiner: Composer, dies at 67
- 07-04Govert D Camphuysen: (court)painter, dies at about 48
- 08-09Jose Ximenez: Composer, dies at 70
- 08-20Cornelis de Witt: Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49
- 08-20Johan de Witt: Advisor of Holland, lynched
- 09-16Anne Bradstreet: American poet
- 10-12Frederik of Nassau: Count of Buren, slain in battle
- 11-01Heinrich Schutz: Composer, dies at 87
- 12-13Jan II Kazimierz: King of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
- 12-16John II Casimir Vasa: Cardinal / King of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63