List of 1667 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1667
Date | Event |
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April 27, 1667 | Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register. |
May 24, 1667 | The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance. |
June 9, 1667 | Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. |
June 14, 1667 | The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. |
June 15, 1667 | The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys. |
July 7, 1667 | An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. |
November 25, 1667 | A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. |