1682

Year 1682 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England.
 * -, exploring rivers in America, reaches the mouth of the.
 * - At the mouth of the, near modern , Robert de La Salle buries an engraved plate and a cross, claiming the territory as "La Louisiane" for.
 * - moves his court to.
 * - : a mob takes over the Kremlin and lynches the leading boyars and military commanders.

July - December

 * - succeeds his father Yohannes I as.
 * - begins a period of volcanic activity lasting for ten days.
 * September - makes an appearance, and is observed by  himself.
 * - The city of, is founded by.

Undated

 * leads a crew of 40, travelling down the and naming the Mississippi basin "" in honour of.
 * The first black arrive in.
 * The Richard Wall House is built in.
 * in, is founded.

Births

 * -, Italian anatomist (died )
 * -, inventor (died )
 * - King (died )
 * -, English mathematician (died )
 * -, heir to the throne of France (died )
 * -, French historian (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Italian composer (born )
 * -, Dutch painter (born c.)
 * -, Bishop of Strassburg (born )
 * -, Spanish painter (born )
 * - Tsar (born )
 * -, French astronomer (born )
 * -, Spanish writer (born )
 * - Sir English author, physician, and philosopher (born )
 * -, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (born )
 * - French painter (born c.)
 * date unknown
 * , regent of the Ottoman empire (born )
 * , regent of the Ottoman empire (born )


 * See also .