1675
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| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s |
| Years: | 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1675 MDCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2428 |
| Armenian calendar | 1124 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԴ |
| Chinese calendar | 4311/4371-12-6 (甲寅年十二月初六日) — to —
4312/4372-11-15(乙卯年十一月十五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1667 – 1668 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5435 – 5436 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1730 – 1731 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1597 – 1598 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4776 – 4777 |
| Iranian calendar | 1053 – 1054 |
| Islamic calendar | 1086 – 1087 |
| Japanese calendar | Enpō 3 (延宝3年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2335 (皇紀2335年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11675 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2218 |
1675 (MDCLXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
[edit] Events
- January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim
- June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin
- August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins
- November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs.
- Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division
- King Philip's War between the settlers in New England and the indigenous tribes led by Metacomet begins.
[edit] Births
- January 16 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
- February 21 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (d. 1750)
- February 28 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
- March 31 - Pope Benedict XIV (d. 1758)
- May 29 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
- June 1 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (d. 1755)
- July 5 - Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials
- July 12 - Evaristo Abaco, Italian composer (d. 1742)
- July 14 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (d. 1747)
- September 2 - William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
- September 3 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
- October 11 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (d. 1729)
- October 21 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (d. 1710)
- October 24 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)
[edit] Deaths
- February 9 - Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
- March 18 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
- May 18 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
- May 18 - Father Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer (b. 1636)
- May 27 - Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
- June 12 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy (b. 1634)
- July 27 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611)
- July 28 - Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605)
- September 18 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
- September 23 - Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)
- October 27 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
- November 28 - Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier
- November 28 - Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
- November 30 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)
- December 6 - John Lightfoot, English church goer (b. 1602)
- December 15 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (b. 1632)
- December 23 - Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)
- November 1 - Guru Teg Bahadur, 9th Sikh Guru (b. 1621)
