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Years:
1675 1676 1677 - 1678 - 1679 1680 1681
Decades:
1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s
Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century
1678 in literature
1678 in science

Events

  • August 10Peace of Nijmegen ends war between France and Netherlands
  • September 6 - Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the "Popish Plot", a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II of England
  • October 17 - British politician Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Greenberry Hill, London
  • About 1200 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia and the Carolinas
  • First chrysantemums in Europe
  • John Bunyan publishes his novel, The Pilgrim's Progress.
  • The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War.
  • Births

  • March 4 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian music composer (died 1741)
  • May 16 - Andreas Silbermann, organ builder (died 1734)
  • July 26 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1711)
  • Deaths

  • August 16 - Andrew Marvell, English metaphysical poet and satirist (born 1621)
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