Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1666

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Literature

Theatre

Molière, The Misanthrope and Le médecin malgré lui (The Doctor in Spite of Himself)

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Sir Isaac Newton develops the calculus
Sir Isaac Newton determines the laws of gravity by determining the lunar orbit, and discovers the spectrum
Colbert founds an academy of sciences (Académie Royale des Sciences) in France

Politics & Law

France and Holland declare war on England

Philosophy & Theology

Milestones

Miscellaneous

September 2: Great Fire of London begins, lasting four days and destroying eighty-seven churches (including old St. Paul's) and thirteen thousand buildings
The University of Lund in Sweden is founded

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