Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1640s  1650s  1660s  – 1670s –  1680s  1690s  1700s
Years:	1674 1675 1676 – 1677 – 1678 1679 1680

1677 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

Year 1677 ('MDCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1677 1.1 January–June 1.2 July–December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1677

[edit] January–June

• January 1 – Racine's tragedy Phèdre is first performed.
• April 11 – Battle of Cassel: Philippe I, Duke of Orléans defeats William of Orange.
• May 29 – The Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.
• May 31 – Danish ships clash with Swedish ships under Niels Juel between Fehmarn and Warnemünde; the Danish defeat the Swedish and capture a number of ships.

[edit] July–December

• July 14 – Battle of Landskrona: Sweden defeats the Danes.
• November 4 – The future Mary II of England marries William of Orange.
• November 16 – French troops occupy Freiburg.

[edit] Undated

• The Statute of frauds is passed into English law.
• Elias Ashmole gifts the collection that begins the Ashmolean Museum to Oxford University.
• Francis Aungier is made the first Earl of Longford.
• Michel le Tellier becomes chancellor of France.
• The Second London Baptist Confession is written (published in 1689).
• Charles II of England makes Henry Purcell court musician.
• Jules Hardouin-Mansart begins la place Vendôme in Paris (completed in 1698).
• Antoni van Leeuwenhoek observes spermatozoa under the microscope.
• The Swedes defeat the Danes, at Rostock and at Landström.
• The population of Paris first exceeds 500,000.
• Ice cream becomes popular in Paris.
• The John Roan School is established.

[edit] Births

1677 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1677 MDCLXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2430
Armenian calendar	1126 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-167 – -166
Bengali calendar	1084
Berber calendar	2627
Buddhist calendar	2221
Burmese calendar	1039
Byzantine calendar	7185 – 7186
Chinese calendar	丙辰年十一月廿八日 (4313/4373-11-28) — to — 丁巳年十二月初八日 (4314/4374-12-8)
Coptic calendar	1393 – 1394
Ethiopian calendar	1669 – 1670
Hebrew calendar	5437 – 5438
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1732 – 1733
- Shaka Samvat	1599 – 1600
- Kali Yuga	4778 – 4779
Holocene calendar	11677
Iranian calendar	1055 – 1056
Islamic calendar	1087 – 1088
Japanese calendar	Enpō 5 (延宝5年)
Korean calendar	4010
Thai solar calendar	2220
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• February 3 – Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
• February 4 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)
• February 8 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
• May 4 – Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, youngest daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, wife of Philippe d'Orléans, le Régent (d.1749)
• August 27 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
• September 17 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)
• October 20 – Stanisław Leszczyński (d. 1766)
• date unknown
• William Dummer, acting Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1761)

See also Category: 1677 births.

[edit] Deaths

• February 21 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632)
• March 28 – Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
• May 4 – Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
• May 20 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b. 1612)
• July 30 – Fabian von Fersen, Swedish soldier (b. 1626)
• August – Matthew Locke (composer), English composer (b. 1621)
• September 11 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
• November 9 – Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
• date unknown – Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1598)

See also Category: 1677 deaths.