Events

• January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia
• First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Russo-Turkish Wars commence.
• King Philip's War between the settlers in New England and the indigenous tribes led by Metacomet.

January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Feodor III of Russia (In Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич) (June 9, 1661 - May 7, 1682) was the Tsar of all Russia, during whose short reign (1678-82) the Polish influence in the Kremlin was paramount. ... Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь,   listen?; often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917 (although... Cherenkov effect in a swimming pool nuclear reactor. ... Ole Rømer. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Russo-Turkish Wars were a series of eleven wars fought between the Russian Empire and the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. ... King Philips War was a general Indian uprising in 1675–1676 to resist continued expansion of the English colonies in New England. ... While the states marked in red show the core of New England, the regions cultural influence may cover a greater or lesser area than shown. ... Metacomet (died August 12, 1676), also known as King Philip or Metacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philips War. ...

Births

• May 8 - Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
• March 17 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)
• April 23 - King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
• May 28 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
• June 21 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)
• July 3 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747)
• July 14 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (d. 1763)
• August 26 - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1745)
• September 19 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
• October 8 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)

May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... Frederick I of Sweden (April 23, 1676 - March 25, 1751), King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1730. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 31 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Thomas Boston (March 17, 1676 - May 20, 1732), was a Scottish church leader. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... Frederick I of Sweden (April 23, 1676 - March 25, 1751), King of Sweden from 1720 and (as Friedrich I von Hessen-Kassel) Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1730. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 31 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian mathematician, from Venice. ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Anthony Collins (June 21, 1676, Old Style - December 13, 1729, Old Style), was an English philosopher, and a proponent of deism. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (July 3, 1676 - April 7, 1747), called the Old Dessauer (Alter Dessauer), general field marshal in the Prussian army, was the only surviving son of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and was born at Dessau. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Caspar Abel (14 July 1676, Hindenburg in der Altmark - 11 January 1763, Westdorf) was a German theologian, historian and poet. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... The Rt. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (19 September 1676-31 October 1733) was the sovereign of the main Duchy of Württemberg from the death of his father in 1676, when he was an infant, until his death in 1733. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro (8 October 1676 - 26 September 1764) was a Spanish monk and scholar noted for encouraging scientific thought in Spain. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Deaths

• January 14 - Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (b. 1602)
• January 29 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
• February 14 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
• March 21 - Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
• April 5 - John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (b. 1606)
• April 29 - Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruijter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
• June 7 - Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist
• July 5 - Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (b. 1613)
• July 22 - Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
• July 25 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
• August 11 - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German writer
• September 10 - Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
• October 28 - Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595)
• November 1 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
• December 25 - Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
• December 25 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier, politician, and writer (b. 1592)