1672

Year 1672 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - The brought together bishops and representatives from the whole of  Christendom to discuss Orthodox dogma against the challenge of.
 * - issues the.
 * - becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
 * - forces under king  cross the  to
 * - appointed  of,  and.

July - December

 * -, of  is slaughtered by a mob in.
 * - begins construction on the masonry fort that will become  to protect

Undated

 * ,, and  invade the .  1672 becomes known as ´het ´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.

Births

 * -, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French chemist (d. )
 * -, French theologian (d. )
 * -, English politician and writer (d. )
 * - Emperor (d. )
 * -, Italian priest and composer (d. )
 * -, Swiss scholar (d. )
 * -, French organist and composer (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
 * -, Italian historian and scholar (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, English clergyman (born )
 * -, English-born president of Harvard College (born )
 * -, Swedish poet (born )
 * -, English painter (born )
 * -, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (born )
 * -, English royalist (born )
 * -, English politician (born )
 * -, English antiquarian and royalist (born )
 * -, English biologist (born )
 * -, Dutch politician (born )
 * -, Dutch politician (born )
 * -, French classical scholar (born )
 * -, American colonial writer (born c.)
 * -, English architect (born )
 * -, German composer (born )
 * -, English Bishop of Chester (born )
 * - King (born )
 * -, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (born )
 * date unknown -, French lutenist and composer (born )


 * See also .