Recent Articles

1678

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 10 – Peace 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

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