History
1677
General
Population: 594 Million*
- Entertainment: Writerss include Racine, WIlliam WYcherley (comedy), William Cave History of Martyrdoms, Johann Jacob Hofmann (science and art),
John Houghton (happiness), Increase Mather (New England), Spinoza Ethics (posthumously), Aphra Behn The Rover
Art includes Pieter de Hooch "Musical Party in a Courtyard", Godfrey Kneller "Mr. Vernon"
Music includes Luly "Isis",
- Food: Ice cream becomes popular dish in Paris
- Deaths: Artist Aert van der Neer, Composer Robert Cambert, Philosopher Baruch Spinoza, Mystic poet Angelus Silesius, Engraves Wenceslas Hollar,
Mathematician Isaac Barrow
Asia
Europe
- General: Duke of Orleans defeat Dutch at Cassel
Combined Dutch-Danish fleet defeats Swedes at Oland
William III of Orange marries Princess Mary daughter of Duke of York
- German States: "Great Elector" takes Stettin and later Rugen
- Russia: Russia at war with Ottoman Empire to 1681
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Russia at war with Ottoman Empire to 1681
East
- General: Massachusetts buys part of Maine from heirs of Sir Ferdinando Gorges
South
- General: La Salle explores Mississippi for France and gains monopoly of fur trade