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1678
Years:
1675
1676
1677
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1678
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1679
1680
1681
Decades
:
1640s
1650s
1660s
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1670s
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1680s
1690s
1700s
Centuries
:
16th century
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17th century
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18th century
1678 in literature
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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
.
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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
)
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Deaths
Andrew Marvell
, English metaphysical poet and satirist (born
1621
)