1671

Events in History in 1671

Pirate Attack

Jan 27 Welsh pirate Henry Morgan lands at the gates of Panama City

Henry Morgan — Pirate Henry Morgan

Jan 28 Welsh pirate Henry Morgan captures Panama City from its Spanish defenders
Apr 14 Cossacks capture Russian peasant leader Stenka Razin

Historic Event

Apr 22 King Charles II sits in on English parliament

Charles II — King of England Charles II

Apr 30 Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
May 9 Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels of England and Scotland from the Tower of London, captured running from the tower with the jewels
Oct 25 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn

Treaty of Interest

Nov 1 French King Louis XIV & RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty

Louis XIV — The Sun King of France Louis XIV

Nov 11 Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine

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