1669

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1630s  1640s  1650s  – 1660s –  1670s  1680s  1690s
Years:	1666 1667 1668 – 1669 – 1670 1671 1672

The year 1669 is a common year which started on Tuesday.

Events

• March 11 – Mount Etna erupts, destroying the town of Nicolosi and killing 20,000 people.
• July – The Hanseatic League, 400 years after it was formed, holds its last official meeting in Lübeck.

Date unknown

• Phosphorus is discovered by Hennig Brand.
• Antonio Stradivari makes his first violin.

Deaths

• December 9 – Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)