1680
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| Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
| Decades: | 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s |
| Years: | 1677 1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 |
| 1680 by topic: | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1680 MDCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2433 |
| Armenian calendar | 1129 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4316/4376-11-30 (己未年十一月三十日) — to —
4317/4377-11-11(庚申年十一月十一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1672 – 1673 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5440 – 5441 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1735 – 1736 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1602 – 1603 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4781 – 4782 |
| Iranian calendar | 1058 – 1059 |
| Islamic calendar | 1091 – 1092 |
| Japanese calendar | Enpō 8 (延宝8年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2340 (皇紀2340年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11680 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2223 |
1680 (MDCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
[edit] Events
- Chambers of Reunion (French courts under Louis XIV): decide on complete annexation of Alsace.
- February - the Reverend Ralph Davenant dies leaving £100 in his will to start up a new school for the poor boys of Whitechapel, in the East End.
- May - an eruption occurs at the volcano Krakatoa, probably on a relatively small scale.
- July 8 - The first documented tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- August 21 - Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe (New Mexico) from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
- November 17 - Whigs organize pope-burning processions in London.
- First Portuguese governor appointed to Macau
- The Swedish city Karlskrona founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocates there.
[edit] Births
- January 23 - Joseph Ames, English author (died 1759)
- February 14 - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (died 1737)
- February 23 - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (died 1767)
- April 9 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (died 1754)
- June 22 - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (died 1754)
- September 22 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (died 1747)
- October 19 - John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (died 1740)
- date unknown - John Machin, English mathematician (died 1752)
- November 22 - [Edward Teach - Blackbeard], Pirate (died 1718)
[edit] Deaths
- February - Reverend Ralph Davenant, founder of Davenant Foundation School
- February 17
- Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (born 1599)
- Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (born 1637)
- February 22 - Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (born c.1607)
- March 14 - René Le Bossu, French critic (born 1631)
- March 17 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (born 1613)
- March 23 - Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (born 1615)
- April 3 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (born 1630)
- May 31 - Joachim Neander, German Calvinist clergyman (born 1650)
- June 18 - Samuel Butler, English poet (born 1612)
- June 10 - Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (born 1635)
- July 10 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (born 1643)
- July 26 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (born 1647)
- July 30 - Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (born 1634)
- August 20 - William Bedloe, English informer (born 1650)
- August 22 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (born 1613)
- August 24 - Thomas Blood, thief of the English Crown Jewels (born 1618)
- August 25 - Simeon of Polotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (born 1629)
- September 2 - Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier and statesman (born 1602)
- September 9 - Henry Marten, English regicide (born 1602)
- September 10 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (born 1610)
- September 11
- Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (born 1621)
- Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born 1596)
- October 4 - Pierre Paul Riquet, French engineer and canal builder (born c.1640)
- October 30 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (born 1616)
- November 27 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (born 1602)
- November 28 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (born 1598)
- November 28 - Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (born 1606)
- December 4 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (born 1616)
- December 8 - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (born 1606)
