Events in year of 1675
- 01-05Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg
- 01-081st American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
- 01-31Cornelia / Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft
- 02-21Prince Willem III appointed Viceroy of Gelderland
- 03-02Prince William III installed as Governor of Overijssel
- 03-04John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
- 06-20Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom
- 06-22Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
- 06-25Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden
- 06-28Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden
- 08-06Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut
- 08-10King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich
- 08-10Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam
- 09-06Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships
- 09-09New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians
- 10-04Christian Huygens patents pocket watch
- 11-14Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine
- 11-22English King Charles II adjourns parliament
People born in year of 1675
- 02-17Johann Melchior Conradi: Composer
- 02-26Johann Philipp Treiber: Composer
- 03-17Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss: Composer
- 03-31Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini]: Italy -- Pope (1740-58)
- 08-14Johann Georg Christian Storl: Composer
People died in year of 1675
- 02-09Gerard Dou: Dutch painter, buried
- 05-18Jacques Marquette: Jesuit / missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37
- 06-12Charles Emanuel II: Duke of Savoy (1638-75), dies at 40
- 07-25Nicolas Saboly: Composer, dies at 61
- 08-12Karl Rabenhaupt: German / Netherlands Baron of Sucha / army leader, dies at 73
- 08-16Bogdan Chmilnicki: Cosack leader / murderer of 300, 000 Jews
- 09-03Pieter Boel: Flemish Painter / etcher
- 09-08Amalia: Countess of Solms-Braunfels, dies at 73
- 11-05Kurt S Adeler: Danish Admiral / ship designer, dies at 52
- 11-20Francisco de Moura y Cortereal: Spanish land guardian of the Netherlands (1664-68)
- 12-05John Lightfoot: English Theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
- 12-15John Vermeer: Dutch Painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
Events in year of 1676
- 01-29Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes Czar of Russia
- 02-10Wampanoag Indians under King Philip kill all men in Lancaster, Massachusetts
- 02-17Kings Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty
- 04-18Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians
- 04-22Battle of Etna - Netherlands / Spain vs. France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded
- 06-02Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch / Spanish fleet
- 07-29Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians
- 08-03Nathaniel Bacon publishes "Declaration of People of Virginia"
- 08-121st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England
- 09-19Rebels under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire
- 09-21Benedetto Odescalchi elected as Pope Innocent XI
- 10-27Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw
- 11-06King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15)
- 11-161st colonial prision organized, Nantucket, Massachusetts
- 12-03Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen
People born in year of 1676
- 01-19John Weldon: Composer
- 04-14Ernst Chreistian Hesse: Composer
- 04-17Frederik I van Hessen Kassel: King of Sweden (1720-51)
- 06-06Georg Reidel: Composer
- 07-21Anthony Collins: English philosopher (A discourse on free-thinking)
- 08-26Robert Walpole: (Whig) British Prime Minister (1721-42)
- 11-12Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo: Composer
- 12-11Johann Georg Weichenberger: Composer
- 12-19Louis-Nicholas Clerambault: Paris, France -- Composer / Organist
People died in year of 1676
- 02-08Aleksei M Romanov: 1st Romanov-Czar of Russia, dies at 46
- 04-29Michiel A de Ruyter: Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69
- 06-02John de Haen: Vice-admiral (Kijkduin / Palermo), dies in battle
- 07-22Clement X [Emilio Altieri]: Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
- 08-12King Philip [Metacomet]: Leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
- 08-17Grimmelshausen: Writer
- 08-28Joan Cererols: Composer, dies at 57
- 10-10Sebastian Knupfer: Composer, dies at 43
- 10-20Christopher Gibbons: Composer, dies at 61
- 10-25Justus G Schottel [Schottelius]: German linguistic / poet, dies at 64
- 12-03Daniel Stalpaert: Amsterdams master builder, buried
- 12-04Johann Georg Ebeling: Composer, dies at 39
- 12-20John Galle: Flemish engraver / printer, dies at 76
- 12-26Domenicus van Tol: Dutch painter
Events in year of 1677
- 01-211st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
- 02-15King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
- 02-16Earl of Shaftesbury arrested / confined in London Tower
- 03-13Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000
- 04-11Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III
- 04-22Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet
- 04-26Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
- 09-21John and Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher
- 11-14Prince Willem III Henry marries English Princess Mary Stuart
- 11-16French troops occupy Freiburg
- 12-12Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin
People born in year of 1677
- 02-18Jacques Cassini: French astronomer (rings of Saturn)
- 02-26Nicola Fago: Composer
- 04-25Guillaume Coustou, Sr.: French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly)
- 05-24Alexandre de Villenueve: Composer
- 08-09Jacob Campo Weyerman: Netherlands -- Adventurer / painter / writer
- 09-27Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari: Composer
People died in year of 1677
- 01-09Aernout "Aert" van der Neer: Cartoonist / landscape painter, dies at 73
- 01-18John A van Riebeeck: Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57
- 02-21[Benedictus] Baruch Spinoza: Philosopher, dies at 44
- 03-28Wenzel Hollar: Bohemia cartoonist / etcher, dies at about 69
- 06-15Giovanni Battista Chinelli: Composer, dies at 67
- 07-09Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer]: German medical / mystic poet
- 07-26Michael Franck: Composer, dies at 68
- 08-28Wallerand Vaillant: Painter / engraver / etcher / cartoonist, dies at 54
- 11-09Aert van der Neer: Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 73
- 12-12Jacob Binckes / Benckes: Dutch Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle