1674 Calendar
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1674 Historical Event(s)
February 19, 1674
– England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
May 21, 1674
– The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
June 6, 1674
– Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire is crowned.
September 24, 1674
– Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
November 10, 1674
– Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
December 4, 1674
– Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
Who Were Born On 1674?
January 15, 1674
– Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (d. 1762)
January 24, 1674
– Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
July 17, 1674
– Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter (d. 1748)
August 2, 1674
– Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)
August 9, 1674
– František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect (d. 1766)
September 7, 1674
– Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
December 25, 1674
– Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)