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Year 1672 (MDCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1672[]
January - June[]
- March - The Synod of Jerusalem brought together bishops and representatives from the whole of Eastern Orthodox Christendom to discuss Orthodox dogma against the challenge of Protestantism.
- March 15 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
- May 2 - John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
- June 12 - French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine to Netherlands
- June 28 - William III of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
July - December[]
- August 20 - Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland is slaughtered by a mob in The Hague.
- October - Spain begins construction on the masonry fort that will become Castillo de San Marcos to protect St. Augustine
Undated[]
- England, France, Münster and Cologne invade the United Provinces. 1672 becomes known as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.
Births[]
Gregorian calendar | 1672 MDCLXXII
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Ab urbe condita | 2425 |
Armenian calendar | 1121 ԹՎ ՌՃԻԱ |
Bahá'í calendar | -172 – -171 |
Buddhist calendar | 2216 |
Coptic calendar | 1388 – 1389 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1664 – 1665 |
Hebrew calendar | 5432 – 5433 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1727 – 1728 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1594 – 1595 |
- Kali Yuga | 4773 – 4774 |
Holocene calendar | 11672 |
Iranian calendar | 1050 – 1051 |
Islamic calendar | 1082 – 1083 |
Japanese calendar | Kanbun
11
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- Imperial Year | Kōki 2332 (皇紀2332年) |
Julian calendar | 1717 |
Korean calendar | 4005 |
Thai solar calendar | 2215 |
- January 4 - Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
- January 15 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)
- February 13 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731)
- February 26 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (d. 1757)
- May 1 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (d. 1719)
- June 9 - Emperor Peter I of Russia (d. 1725)
- June 11 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
- August 2 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)
- September 8 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
- October 11 - Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
- October 21 - Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1750)
- See also 1672 births.
Deaths[]
- January 15 - John Cosin, English clergyman (born 1594)
- February 19 - Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (born 1592)
- April 22 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (born 1598)
- May 5 - Samuel Cooper, English painter (born 1609)
- May 8 - Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (born 1598)
- May 11 - Charles Seton, English royalist (born 1615)
- May 28 - John Trevor, English politician (born 1626)
- June 27 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (born 1597)
- July 3 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (born 1635)
- August 20 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (born 1625)
- August 20 - Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician (born 1623)
- September 12 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (born 1615)
- September 16 - Anne Bradstreet, American colonial writer (born c.1612)
- October 24 - John Webb, English architect (born 1611)
- November 6 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer (born 1585)
- November 19 - John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (born 1614)
- December 6 - King John II Casimir of Poland (born 1609)
- December 7 - Richard Bellingham, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (born 1592)
- date unknown - Denis Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (born 1603)
- See also 1672 deaths.
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People of the year 1672 at Familypedia
137 people were born in 1672
90 children were born to the 70 women born in 1672
78 people died in 1672
5906 people lived in 1672
Father | Mother | |
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Anna Hendriks (1663-bef1753) | Heinrich Jansz (c1640-) | Engel Pieters (c1640-) |
Cornelis Robberts (1645-1708) | Jan Robberts | |
Anna Jans (1645-1705) | ||
Dieuwer Claas (c1615-1679) | ||
Dorothea Gerardi (c1670-1721) | ||
Eth Louwes (1657-1727) | Louw Dirksz (bef1657-) | Aeff Dircs (bef1657-) |
Elisabeth Joannis (1645-) | ||
Geert Jans (c1650-1693) | Jan (bef1650-) | |
Griedt Simons (c1638-bef1699) | ||
Lydia Ann Brown Hodges (1608-1686) | ||
Neeltje Dircks (c1645-1714) | Dirck (bef1645-) | |
Simon Jacobsz (1672-aft1710) | Jacob (bef1672-) | |
Anna Egges (c1635-aft1677) | Egge Jans | Anna Jans |
Benjamin Abbot (1661-1703) | George Abbot (1615-1681) | Hannah Chandler (1630-1711) |
George Abbot (1615-1681) | George Abbot (1587-1647) | Elizabeth (c1595-1711) |
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Events of the year 1672 at Familypedia
104 people were married in 1672.
There were 0 military battles in 1672.