January 7 – In the Chinese Empire, GeneralWu Sangui leads troops into the Giuzhou province, and soon takes control of the entire territory without a loss.
January 15 –The Earl of Arlington, a member of the English House of Commons, is impeached on charges ofpopery, but the Commons rejects the motion to remove him from office, 127 votes for and 166 against.
April 10 – In theAhom kingdom in what is now the northeastern Indian state ofAssam, Chamaguriya Khamjang Konwar is installed by the Chief Minister, theBorbarua Debera, as thefigureheadKing of Ahom. He takes theregnal nameSuhung and makes plans to have Debera killed. On April 30, Debera, having learned of the King's intentions, succeeds in having the royal physician poison Suhung's medicine, and installs another ruler.[1]
April 26 – In the Netherlands, the jurisdiction ofWillem, Prince of Orange,Stadtholder ofHolland (on the west coast, including Amsterdam and Rotterdam) andZeeland (southwest coast, includingMiddelburg, Zeeland), increases in theDutch Republic as his followers in the inland States of Utrecht (Utrecht,Gelderland andOverijssel) designate him as the hereditary stadtholder. In 1689, he becomes the King of England in addition to his role as the Stadtholder of the Netherlands.
July 4 – A Dutch fleet underCornelis TrompCaptures the island of Noirmoutier on the French coast. For nearly three weeks, the Dutch occupied the French island and the Dutch fleet captured many French ships in the meantime. The whole coastline from Brest to Bayonne was in turmoil, and French forces gathered to prevent the Dutch from landing. On 23 July the island of Noirmoutier was however abandoned after the Dutch blew up the castle and demolished the coastal batteries.
July 7 – TheMessina revolt against Spanish rule begins on the island ofSicily as the Italian residents besiege the palace of the Spanish Captain-General and drive out the Spanish garrison.
July 17 – Two skeletons of children are discovered by workmen repairing a staircase at theWhite Tower (Tower of London), and believed at this time to be the remains of thePrinces in the Tower. The urns containing the bones are interred in1678 inWestminster Abbey, with an inscription inLatin that states "Here lie interred the remains of Edward V, King of England, and Richard, Duke of York, whose long desired and much sought after bones, after over a hundred and ninety years, were found interred deep beneath the rubble of the stairs that led up to the Chapel of the White Tower, on the 17 of July in the Year of Our Lord 1674."[4]
September 17 –Sukjong of theJoseon Dynasty, age 13, becomes the new Emperor of Korea upon the death of his father, the EmperorHyeonjong. Sukjong reigns for more than 45 years until his death on July 12, 1720.
September 27 – French Navy CommanderJean-Baptiste de Valbelle arrives at Sicily during theMessina revolt to help the Messinese expel the last Spanish defenders, taking the fort at Faro in the harbor entrance.
TheBattle of Entzheim takes place inFrance with 35,000 Holy Roman Empire troops and 22,000 French defenders during theFranco-Dutch War, with the forces fighting nearEntzheim south ofStrasbourg. While the battle is inconclusive, the outnumbered French win a strategic victory by keeping the Germans from entering French territory.[5] Most of the former battlefield now lies beneath theStrasbourg International Airport.
A second coronation is held by the Maratha Empire for theChhatrapatiShivaji Bhonsle, after the Vedic priest Nischal Puri Goswami decides that the June 18 coronation was "held under inauspicious stars".[6]
October 15 – TheTorsåker witch trials begin in theTorsåker Parish inSweden, with over 100 men and women accused of witchcraft and the abduction of children. On June 1, 1675, the mass beheading of the 71 people convicted takes place at Häxberget, 65 of whom are women.[7][8] The others are two men and four boys.
November 10 – As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of February 19, the Dutch Republic cedes its colony ofNew Netherland to England. This includes the colonial capital,New Orange, which is returned to its English name ofNew York. The colonies ofSurinam,Essequibo andBerbice remain in Dutch hands.
December 4 – FatherJacques Marquette, along with Pierre Poteret and Jacque Poteret, sails southward along the shore ofLake Michigan, accompanied by nine canoes of Indians from thePotawatomi tribe, and comes ashore at what is nowChicago. The three missionaries, the first Europeans to explore the area, camp there for the winter.[9] Marquette notes in his journal "The land bordering it is of now value, except on the prairies," and adds "There are eight to ten quite fine rivers."[10] A historical marker is now erected on the site of the landing.[11] Father Marquette founds a mission (which will in time grow into the city ofChicago) on the shores ofLake Michigan, in order to create a Christian ministry to convent Native Americans in theIllinois Confederation.
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