Born in 1684:
Died in 1684:
Events of 1684:
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John Bunyan publishes part 2 of his best-known work The Pilgrim's
Progress.
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Aphra Behn publishes Poems upon Several Occasions as well as
the first part of her novel Love Letters Between a Nobleman and
His Sister.
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Takemoto Gidayu and Chikamatsu Monzaemon open the Takemotoza theater
in Osaka, Japan. The theater offers a new form ('ningyo joruri')
of puppet theater. This style, later known as Bunraku closes the
Joko Era of Japanese art and opens the Tenwa Era.
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Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers two new moons (Tethys and
Dione) of Saturn.
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Thomas Otway's play The Atheist, a sequel to The Soldier's
Fortune, premieres.
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In France, the Canal du Midi opens after 22 years of
construction.
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Schenectady, founded in eastern New York.
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Myughal Emperor Aurangzeb overruns Gujarat, and
solidifies control over Dhaka with the completion of Lalbagh Fort.
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The last supporters of the Ming Dynasty on Taiwan surrender
to Qing Emperor Kangxi.
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English buccaneer William Ambrosia Cowley visits and maps the Galapagos
Islands, discovered more than a hundred years previously, but mis-mapped,
and so believed "enchanted".
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In western New York, the Iroquois go to war with the French, but peace
is restored by September.
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English pirates based in Charles Town, Carolina destroy
the Spanish missions in the area that will later be called Georgia.
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Louis XIV
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Officials in New France make it a capital crime for colonists to emigrate
to England's North American colonies.
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Having barely repulsed the Ottoman army from the gates
of Vienna the previous year, Poland, Austria, and Venice
form a "Holy Alliance"; a crusade, as it were, to capitalize on
Turkey's weakness.
1683 - 1684 - 1685
How They Were Made - 17th Century