Important Events in 1682
- Aug 26 English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet named after him
- Aug 30 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
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World Leaders in 1682
Charles II
King of EnglandLouis XIV
The Sun King of FrancePeter the Great
Russian Tsar
Famous People Who Died in 1682
- Jan 13 Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55
- Feb 23 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat and historian, dies at 75
- Feb 25 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer, murdered at 38
- Mar 14 Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53
- Apr 1 Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
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