Important Events
- Feb 18 John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in Holborn, London, by Nathaniel Ponder
- Jun 25 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy, the 1st woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
Antonio VivaldiWorld Leaders in 1678
Charles II
King of England- Louis XIV
The Sun King of France
Charles II
Louis XIVFamous Deaths
- Jan 4 Joan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
- Jan 7 Johannes Flittner, composer, dies at 59
- Jan 24 Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
- Jan 29 Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- Feb 10 Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried