1684

Events in History in 1684

Mar 5 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
Apr 25 Patent granted for thimble

Event of Interest

Jun 21 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter

Charles II — King of England Charles II

Aug 15 Spain & Germany sign cease fire with France
Oct 23 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted

Event of Interest

Dec 10 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley

Edmond Halley — Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist Edmond Halley

Isaac Newton — Physicist & Mathematician Isaac Newton

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