History
1674
General
Population: 588 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Giovanni Battista Basile, Nicolas Boileay (poetry), Milton Paradise Lost second edition,
Racine Iphigenie en Aulide, Anthony a Wood (ancient history), Nicolas Malebranche De la recerché de la verite,
Louis Moreri (encyclopedia),
Art includes Murillo "St. Francis",
Music includes Lully "Alceste" opera
- Medicine: Thomas Willis writes about pharmaceuticals
French surgeon Morel invents tourniquet to reduce bloodloss during amputations
- Science: John Mayow writes about the nature of combustion
- Deaths: Poet Robert Herrick, Composer John Wilson, Artist Philippe de Champaigne, Composer Giacomo Carissimi, Poet John Milton, Poet Lars Johansson,
Composer Pelham Humfrey, Poet Jean Chapelain, Poet Thomas Traherne
Asia
- China: Imperial viceroy Qu Sahgui rebels
- India: Sivaji Bhonsla declares himself independent of the Mogul emperor Aurangzeb and founds Mahratta state - crowned in Raigarh
Europe
- General: Third Anglo-Dutch war ends with Treaty of Westminster - Holland continues war with France
Holy Roman Empire declares war on France in defense of the Dutch
- England: The Theatre Royal in London rebuilt after fire and opens
Godfrey Kneller German painter arrives
- France: France's West India Company dissolves
- German States: French troops devastate the Palatinate
- Holland: Office of Stadholder of the United Provinces becomes hereditary in House of Orange
- Poland: John Sobieski reigns in Poland – elected as Jan III
East
- General: Treaty of Westminster recognizes inhabitants of New York and New Sweden as British subjects