1640
| 1640 • The first university in Finland, the Academy of Åbo, is founded in Turku. |
1668
Age: 28y
| 1668 • Emperor Yohannes I of Ethiopia convenes a church council in Gondar, which decides to expel all Roman Catholics in Ethiopia. |
1672
Oct 19
Age: 32y
birth of childMary Atwell New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1672 • Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, is slaughtered by a mob in The Hague. |
1683
Age: 43y
| 1683 • Germantown, Philadelphia is founded as the first permanent German settlement in North America (in 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan declares a 300th Year Celebration, and in 1987, it becomes an annual holiday, German-American Day). |