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1679
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Centuries
:
16th century
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Events
January 24
- King
Charles II of England
disbands
Parliament
August 7
- The brigantine
Le Griffon
, which was commissioned by
René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
, is towed to the southern end of the
Niagara River
, to become the first ship to sail the upper
Great Lakes
.
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
Habeas Corpus Act 1679
passed in
England
.
European
explorers discover
Niagara Falls
.
Births
October 16
- Jan Dismas Zelenka , Bohemian composer
Firmin Abauzit
- French scientist
Deaths
May 3
-
Archbishop Sharp
(assassinated) (b.
1613
)
August 24
-
Jean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz
, French churchman and agitator (b.
1614
)
December 4
-
Thomas Hobbes
, English author (b.
1588
)
Lady Anne Finch Conway
, English philosopher (b.
1631
)
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