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Years: 1670Events January 21 Highwayman Claude Duval is executed in Tyburn, Middlesex April Pope Clement X is elected. May 2 The Hudson's Bay Company is formed in England. May 26 In Dover, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France secretly sign a treaty ending h 1671Events May 9 Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned an 1672Events 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 o 1673Events The English Test Act was passed. It disallowed Catholics from holding high public office. France begins its expedition against Ceylon. March 18 John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Quakers. May 17 Trader 1674Events February 19 England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York May 21 John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of 1675Events January 5 The Battle of Turckeim August 10 Building of the Royal Greenwich Observatory began November 11 Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division Battle of Fehrbellin Births March 31 Pope Be 1676Events January 29 Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Romer Bacon's Rebellion Year in topic 1676 in literature 1676 in music 1676 in science Births May 8 Frederick I of Sweden Deaths July 22 Pope Clement X 167 1677Events First performance of Racine's tragedy, Phedre Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of Orleans defeats William of Orange Mary II of England marries William of Orange English Statute of frauds i 1678 1679