1640
| 1640 • 13 – Siege of Galle: Dutch troops take the strategic fortress at Galle on Sri Lanka from the Portuguese. |
1668
Age: 28y
| 1668 • Bishop Isaac Barrow founds the Bishop Barrow Trust to establish a university on the Isle of Man (King William's College). |
1672
Oct 19
Age: 32y
birth of childMary Atwell New London, Connecticut, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1672 • William III of Orange is appointed Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland on July 16. |
1683
Age: 43y
| 1683 • The Qing Dynasty Chinese admiral Shi Lang leads 300 ships with 20,000 troops out of Tongshan, Fujian and sails towards the Kingdom of Tungning, in modern-day Taiwan and Penghu, in order to quell the kingdom in the name of Qing. |