1667
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| Years: 1664 1665 1666 - 1667 - 1668 1669 1670 | |
| Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
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Events
- January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power.
- April 27 - The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
- June 12-17 - In the Raid on the Medway, a Dutch fleet under admiral Michiel de Ruyter burns Sheerness, sails up the River Medway, raids Chatham dockyards and escapes with the royal barge The Royal Charles.
- June 15 - The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. He transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year old boy. (Though this operation is a success, a later patient dies from the procedure and Denys is accused of murder).
- June 20 – Dutch troops attack Royal Navy ships in London and Chatham and burn them.
- July 31 - Second Anglo-Dutch War ends: The Treaty of Breda ends the war. The treaty also recognizes Acadia as a French possession.
- October 18 - Brooklyn is chartered under the name Brueckelen by Mathias Nicolls, Governor of New Netherlands.
- Suleiman I becomes Shah of Persia.
- The Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb buys off the bandit Shivaji by making him a Rajah and allowing him to collect taxes.
- Robert Hooke demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for respiration.
- The War of Devolution begins, France invades Flanders and Franche-Comté.
- Louis XIV of France abolishes the Livre Parisis (Paris Pound) in favor of the much more widely used Livre Tournois (Tours Pound). He also designates Gabriel-Nicolas de la Reynie as first chief of "police" of Paris.
- French army uses grenadiers.
- Yohannes succeeds his father Fasildos as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Births
- May 26 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (d. 1754)
- November 5 - Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (d. 1719)
- November 2 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
- November 30 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer (d. 1745)
- Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (d. 1740)
Deaths
- May 7 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616)
- May 22 - Pope Alexander VII (b. 1599)
- August 3 - Francesco Borromini, Swiss sculptor and architect (b. 1599)
- October 18 - Emperor Fasilidos of Ethiopia
- Antonio Abati, Italian poet
Heads of states
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