Major Events
- Jan 21 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), published in Boston
- Feb 15 King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands
- Feb 16 Earl of Shaftesbury arrested and confined in the Tower of London
- Mar 13 Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000
- Apr 11 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III
- Apr 22 Battle at Catania: between French & Dutch fleet
- Apr 26 Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck
- May 29 Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and local Native Americans
- Sep 21 Jan and Nicolaas van der Heyden patent the fire hose
- Nov 16 French troops occupy Freiburg
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Born in 1677
- Feb 3 Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
- Feb 4 Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer, born in Thal, Electrorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1731)
- Feb 18 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (proper motion. satellites of Saturn), born in Paris (d. 1756)
- Feb 26 Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, born in Taranto, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1745)
- Apr 25 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Chevaux the Marly), born in Lyon, France (d. 1746)
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Famous Weddings in 1677
- Nov 14 Prince William of Orange (27) marries English princess Mary II Stuart (15)