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Years: 1680Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. July 8 The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 21 Pueblo Indians 1681Events March 4 Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. October 12 A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics. August 31 Titus Oates is told to le 1682Events 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 French court moves to Versailles Halley's comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmon 1683Events June 6 The Ashmolean Museum opens as the world's first university museum. June 12 The Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II of England is discovered September 7 Polish-German troops arrive in Vienna to help the besieged November 1 The British cr 1684Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. Pope Innocent XI forms a Holy League with the Habsburg Empire, Venice and Poland to liberate Europe from the Ottoman Turkish rule. Japanese Chief Minister Hotta Ma 1685Events February 6 James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. February 18 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. June 20 1686Events The League of Augsburg is founded. Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end 1687Events March 19 The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. July 5 Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica is published. December 31 The first Huguenots set sail 1688 1689

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1680sCenturies: 16th century 17th century 18th century Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s Years: 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689 Events and Trends The Treaty of Ratisbon between France and England in 161680s BCCenturies: 18th century BC 17th century BC 15th century BC Decades: 1690s BC 1680s BC 1670s BC 1660s BC 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC Events and trends Egypt: Start of Sixteenth Dynasty Significant people Death of Heremon of Irish legend (1684 BC) 1680s BC.1680s in CanadaSee also 1670s in Canada, other events of the 1680s, 1690s in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Events 1682: Robert Cavelier, sieur de la Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River and claims the entire Mississippi Valley for France, naming
1680s in architectureSee also 1670s in architecture, other events of the 1680s, 1690s in architecture and the architecture timeline. Buildings 1680 St Clement Danes in London, designed by Christopher Wren is completed. 1683 The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, designed by  
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