1671
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1640s 1650s 1660s – 1670s – 1680s 1690s 1700s |
| Years: | 1668 1669 1670 – 1671 – 1672 1673 1674 |
| 1671 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1671 (MDCLXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1671
- April – Battle of Saraighat: The Ahom general Lachit Borphukan defeats the Mughal forces on the outskirts of present day Guwahati, of then sovereign Assam.
- May 9 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
- June 22 – The Ottoman Empire declares war on Poland.
[edit] July–December
- December – The first Seventh Day Baptist church in America is founded at Newport, Rhode Island.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1671 MDCLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2424 |
| Armenian calendar | 1120 ԹՎ ՌՃԻ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -173 – -172 |
| Bengali calendar | 1078 |
| Berber calendar | 2621 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2215 |
| Burmese calendar | 1033 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7179 – 7180 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年十一月廿一日 (4307/4367-11-21) — to —
辛亥年十二月初一日(4308/4368-12-1) |
| Coptic calendar | 1387 – 1388 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1663 – 1664 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5431 – 5432 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1726 – 1727 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1593 – 1594 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4772 – 4773 |
| Holocene calendar | 11671 |
| Iranian calendar | 1049 – 1050 |
| Islamic calendar | 1081 – 1082 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanbun 10 (寛文10年) |
| Korean calendar | 4004 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2214 |
- January 11 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (d. 1745)
- February 26 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
- March 7 – Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (d. 1734)
- April 6 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
- April 21 – John Law, Scottish economist (d. 1729)
- May 24 – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)
- June 8 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
- June 11 – Colley Cibber, English poet (d. 1757)
- July 14 – Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
- October 1 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
- October 11 – King Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
- Date unknown
- Giacomo Antonio Fancelli, Italian sculptor (d.1619)
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 – Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (b. 1643)
- April 30 – Petar Zrinski, Croatian Ban (title) and nobleman (b. 1621)
- April 30 – Fran Krsto Frankopan, Croatian poet and nobleman (b. 1643)
- March 31 – Anne Hyde, wife of the future James II of England (b. 1637)
- May 5 – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English politician (b. 1602)
- June 25 – Giovanni Battista Riccioli, Italian astronomer (b. 1598)
- July 14 – Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b. 1599)
- October 26 – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
- November 12 – Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (b. 1612)
- December 28 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
[edit] In fiction
- On Heroes, Hiro Nakamura is transported back to this year at the end of season 1, and part of season 2, in Japan.
