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The planned 1672 French offensive; the alliance with Münster and Cologne allowed them to bypass the Spanish Netherlands. As part of a general policy of opposition to Habsburg power in Europe, France backed the Dutch Republic during the 1568 to 1648 Eighty Years War against Spain.
Major Events. Jan 1 Jean Racine 's five-act tragedy play "Bajazet" premieres in Paris, France. Feb 8 Isaac Newton reads first optics paper before the Royal Society in London. Feb 23 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam. Mar 15 King Charles II of England enacts the Declaration of Indulgence in an unsuccessful attempt to extend ...
During 1672, which the Dutch refer to as the disaster year, France and England attacked the Republic in the Franco-Dutch War. De Witt was severely wounded by a knife-wielding assassin on 21 June. He resigned as Grand Pensionary on 4 August, but this was not enough for his enemies.
Apr 27, 2016 · Thanks to England’s war with the Netherlands, the original company collapsed under mounting debts in 1667, reemerging in 1672 with a new royal charter and a new name: the Royal African Company ...
1672 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1672nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 672nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1670s decade.
In 1672 Charles promulgated the Declaration of Indulgence, which suspended the penal code against all religious Nonconformists, Catholic and Dissenter alike. But a declaration of toleration could not bring together these mortal enemies, and the king found himself faced by a unified Protestant front.
Synod of Jerusalem, (1672), council of the Eastern Orthodox church convened by Dosítheos, patriarch of Jerusalem, in order to reject the Confession of Orthodox Faith (1629), by Cyril Lucaris, which professed most of the major Calvinist doctrines.
