1667
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1667 (MDCLXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1667th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 667th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 17th century, and the 8th year of the 1660s decade. As of the start of 1667, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
Decades: | 1630s 1640s 1650s – 1660s – 1670s 1680s 1690s |
Years: | 1664 1665 1666 – 1667 – 1668 1669 1670 |
Gregorian calendar | 1667 MDCLXVII |
Ab urbe condita | 2420 |
Armenian calendar | 1116 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 6417 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1588–1589 |
Bengali calendar | 1074 |
Berber calendar | 2617 |
English Regnal year | 18 Cha. 2 – 19 Cha. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 2211 |
Burmese calendar | 1029 |
Byzantine calendar | 7175–7176 |
Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4363 or 4303 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4364 or 4304 |
Coptic calendar | 1383–1384 |
Discordian calendar | 2833 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1659–1660 |
Hebrew calendar | 5427–5428 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1723–1724 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1588–1589 |
- Kali Yuga | 4767–4768 |
Holocene calendar | 11667 |
Igbo calendar | 667–668 |
Iranian calendar | 1045–1046 |
Islamic calendar | 1077–1078 |
Japanese calendar | Kanbun 6 (寛文6年) |
Javanese calendar | 1589–1590 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
Korean calendar | 4000 |
Minguo calendar | 245 before ROC 民前245年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 199 |
Thai solar calendar | 2209–2210 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1793 or 1412 or 640 — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1794 or 1413 or 641 |
Events
change- January 20 – Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power.
- April 27 – The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
- June 12-17 – In the Raid on the Medway, a Dutch fleet under admiral Michiel de Ruyter burns Sheerness, sails up the River Medway, raids Chatham dockyards and escapes with the royal barge The Royal Charles.
- June 15 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. He transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year-old boy. (Though this operation is a success, a later patient dies from the procedure and Denys is accused of murder).
- June 20 – Dutch troops attack Royal Navy ships in London and Chatham and burn them.
- July 31 – Second Anglo-Dutch War ends: The Treaty of Breda ends the war. The treaty also recognizes Acadia as a French possession.
- October 18 – Brooklyn is chartered under the name Brueckelen by Mathias Nicolls, Governor of New Netherland.
- November 25 – Devastating earthquake rocks Caucasia, killing 80,000 people.
- Suleiman I becomes Shah of Persia.
- The Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb buys off the bandit Shivaji by making him a Rajah and allowing him to collect taxes.
- Robert Hooke demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for respiration.
- The War of Devolution begins, France invades Flanders and Free County.
- Louis XIV of France abolishes the Livre Parisis (Paris Pound) in favor of the much more widely used Livre Tournois (Tours Pound). He also designates Gabriel-Nicolas de la Reynie as first chief of "police" of Paris.
- French army uses grenadiers.
- Yohannes succeeds his father Fasildos as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Births
change- August 11 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Tuscan princess
- November 30 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer