Historical Events In 1680
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Jan 03 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker 


Feb 15 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41. 


Feb 25 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer 


Mar 17 Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies. 


Mar 20 Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater) 


Mar 22 Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas. 


May 05 Giuseppe Porsile, composer. 


May 21 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer 


May 29 Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73 


Jul 08 The inaugural confirmed tornado in America results in the deaths of a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 


Jul 26 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies 


Aug 10 In N Mex, Popé leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniads 


Aug 10 Pueblo Indians rebel against Spaniards in Mexico 


Aug 21 Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish 


Aug 21 Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa F‚ from Spanish. 


Aug 22 Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80), dies at 67 


Aug 24 Death of Colonel (Thomas) Blood, Irish adventurer who stole Crown Jewels from Tower of London in 1671. 


Aug 24 Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried. 


Sep 10 Marco Uccellini, composer, dies 


Sep 25 Samuel Butler, poet/satirist, dies. 


Sep 26 Tax revolt in Gorinchem due to tax on cereal 


Oct 04 Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer 


Oct 08 Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61. 


Oct 13 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54. 


Oct 21 Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer. 


Nov 05 Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 


Nov 18 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer. 


Nov 27 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern), dies 


Nov 28 Giovanni L Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies. 


Dec 04 Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th. 


Dec 15 Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal. 


Dec 31 Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens. 


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