Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1675

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Literature

Theatre

William Wycherley, The Country Wife
September: Thomas Otway, Alcibiades, at Duke's Theatre, Dorset Garden
Debut of Elizabeth Barry in Alcibiades

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Van Leeuwenhoek refines the microscope, and sees protozoa for the first time
The first portable watches appear in Germany and France around this time
Greenwich Observatory is established to set a standard time
Olaus Romer, a German astronomer, measures the speed of light

Politics & Law

King Philip's War begins in southern New England. Some 52 towns are attacked, and 600 settlers killed.
Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia

Philosophy & Theology

Thomas Traherne, Christian Ethics (posthumous)

Milestones

Birth of Sir James Thornill, painter

Miscellaneous

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