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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1674 by topic: Arts and Science Art - Literature - Music - Science Lists of leaders Colonial governors - State leaders Birth and death categories Births - Deaths

Events

• February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York
• May 21 - John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland.
• June 6 - Shivaji is crowned King of the Maratha lands.
• August 11 - The French army under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé defeated the Dutch-Spanish-Austrian army under William III of Orange at Seneffe.
• November 10 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of Feb 19, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
• December 4 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).

Births

• January 15 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
• January 24 - Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (d. 1735)
• July 12 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. 1765)
• July 17 - Isaac Watts, English hymnist (d. 1748)
• August 2 - Philip II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France (d. 1723)
• August 9 - František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
• December 25 - Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)

Deaths

• January 12 - Giacomo Carissimi Italian composer (b. 1605)
• February 22 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (b. 1595)
• February 24 - Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
• March 8 - Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
• June 14 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
• July 2 - Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• August 12 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
• October - Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)
• October 10 - Thomas Traherne, English poet
• October 22 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
• October 27 - Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)
• November 8 - John Milton, English poet (b. 1608)
• December 9 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman and historian (b. 1609)