Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1670
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Literature
- Blaise Pascal, Pensées (posthumous)
- John Ray, English Proverbs
- John Milton, History of Britain
Theatre
- 1 January: Jean Racine, Bérénice, Hôtel de
Bourgogne, Paris
- 23 November: Molière, Le bourgeois gentilhomme (The
Bourgeois Gentleman), Palais-Royal, Paris
- Pierre Corneille, Tite et Bérénice (Titus and
Berenice), Palais-Royal, Paris
- John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards (Part I),
Theatre Royal
- Thomas Shadwell, The Humorists
Art
- André Lenôtre designs Paris's Champs-Elysées
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Louis XIV of France founds Les Invalides in Paris, designed
by Jules Hardouin-Mansart
- Gabriel Mouton of France proposes a standardized decimal
system of measurement
- Thomas Willis of England describes the symptoms of diabetes
Politics & Law
- Charleston, South Carolina, is founded
- Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the secret
Treaty of Dover
- The Hudson Bay Company is founded
Philosophy & Theology
- Baruch Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
Milestones
- Birth of Giovanni Bononcini, composer, in Bologna
- Birth of Thomas Doggett, actor, theater manager, and dramatist
- Death of Frederick III of Denmark
Miscellaneous
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