History
1682
General
Population: 604 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Dryden, Thomas D'Urfey Wit and Mirth anthology, Thomas Otway, Pierre Bayle Thoughts on the Comet of 1680 against superstition,
John Bunyan The Holy War, François Eudes de Mezeray, Sir William Petty (population growth), First Latin periodical in Leipzig
Music includes Lully (opera)
- Science: Halley figures out the pattern of his comet, which appeared this year
- Deaths: Artist Bortolome Esteban Murillo, Artist Jacob van Ruisdael, Czar Feodor III, Artist Claude Lorraine, Astronomer Jean Picard,
Europe
- France: 58,000 Huguenots forced into conversion
Versailles becomes royal residence
Protestants excluded from civil service
- Holy Roman Empire: War with Turkey t0 1699
- Hungary: Emeric Tokolyi proclaimed King of Hungary by Turks
- Netherlands: Weaving mill with 100 looms established in Amsterdam
- Russia: Czar Feodor III of Russia dies – sister Sophia becomes regent for her infant brothers Ivan and Peter
Reign of Peter the Great begins (age 10) - brother Ivan V considered imbecile
- Scotland: Sir George MacKenzie founds library – eventually Scottish national
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: War with the Holy Roman Empire to 1699
General
- Exploration: This year is considered the end of early English colonization
- Law: William Penn develops concept of amendments
East
- Pennsylvania: William Penn founds Quaker colony in Pennsylvania – legal system established with Great Charter of Pennsylvania
Small coastline acquired - Delaware Bay (later ths state)
South
- Carolinas: Slavery recognized
- Louisiana: La Salle claims Louisiana territory for France and takes possession of Mississippi Valley
- Texas: Ysleta founded as first permanent settlement