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| Years: 1674 1675 1676 - 1677 - 1678 1679 1680 | |
| Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century | |
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Events
- May 31 - Danish ships clash with Swedish ships under Niels Iuel between Femern and Warnemunde - Danish defeat the Swedish and capture number of ships
- November 16 - French troops occupy Freiburg
- First performance of Racine's tragedy, Phèdre
- Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
- Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of Orléans defeats William of Orange
- Mary II of England marries William of Orange
- English Statute of frauds is passed into law
- Battle of Landskrona
- Elias Ashmole gifts the collection that begins the Ashmolean Museum to Oxford University
- Francis Aungier is made the first Earl of Longford
- Michel le Tellier becomes chancellor of France
- Second London Baptist Confession written, published in 1689
- Charles II of England makes Henry Purcell court musician.
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart begins la place Vendôme in Paris (completed in 1698).
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek observes spermatozoa under the microscope.
- The Swedes defeat the Danes, at Rostock and at Landström.
- Population of Paris first exceeds 500,000
- Ice cream becomes popular.
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Births
- February 3 - Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)
- February 4 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731)
- February 8 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (d. 1756)
- August 27 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1748)
- September 17 - Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. 1761)
- October 20 - Stanislaus I Leszczynski of Poland (d. 1766)
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Deaths
- January 9 - Aernout van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
- February 21 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (b. 1632)
- March 28 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
- May 4 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
- May 20 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b. 1612)
- August - Matthew Locke, English composer
- September 11 - James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
- Fabian von Fersen, Swedish soldier (b. 1626)
- Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1598)af:1677
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