1677

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).

Events of 1677

January - June

* January 1 - Racine's tragedy "Phèdre" is first performed.
* April 11 - Battle of Cassel: Philippe I 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.

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.

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.

Births

* 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)
* 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)

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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)

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