1672

Events

• England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as het rampjaar (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.
• March 15 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
• June 28 - William III of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.

Births

• May 1 - Joseph Addison, English politician
• June 9 - Peter, Emperor of Russia
• June 11 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
• Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian and scholar

Deaths

• November 6 - Heinrich Schtz, composer
• Denis Gaultier - French lutenist and composer.
• Simon Dezhnev - Russian Cossack navigator.

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