Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s Years: 1669 1670 1671 1672 1673 - 1674 - 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Heads of state in 1674 Events February 19 - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York May 21 - John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland. June 6 - Shivaji is crowned King of the Maratha lands. November 10 - Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of Feb 19, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England. December 4 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois). Births Deaths Robert Herrick (poet) November 8 - John Milton \n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.