1679

Year 1679 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - King disbands
 * - passed in.
 * - Scottish s defeat a small government force in the
 * - the subdues the Covenanters at the

July - December

 * - The brigantine , which was commissioned by, is towed to the southern end of the , to become the first ship to sail the upper.

Undated

 * an explorers discover.
 * is elected in.
 * A fire in, burns all of the warehouses, 80 houses, and all of the ships in the dockyards.
 * The city of is founded.

Births

 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, English merchant and writer (d. )
 * -, French cardinal (d. )
 * -, Bohemian composer (d. )
 * -, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (d. )
 * date unknown -, French scientist (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Dutch painter
 * -, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. )
 * -, Alsatian-born humanist (b. )
 * -, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, English royalist (b. )
 * -, French churchman and agitator (b. )
 * -, Spanish general (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (b. )
 * -, English philosopher (b. )
 * -, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. )
 * date unknown -, English philosopher (b. )


 * See also .