1682

align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1679 1680 1681 - 1682 - 1683 1684 1685

align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s

align="center" | Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England
May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
First black slaves arrive in Germany
Halley's comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmond Halley himself
In Russia, half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I named tsar - Peter's half-sister Sofia becomes regent

February 13 - Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, painter (died 1754)
June 27 - Charles XII of Sweden, king of Sweden 1697-1718 (died 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)

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