1672

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1640s  1650s  1660s  – 1670s –  1680s  1690s  1700s
Years:	1669 1670 1671 – 1672 – 1673 1674 1675

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  December 30: The Dutch Republic retakes Coevorden from the French Army after a string of losses, closing out the year of disaster, the "Rampjaar".

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  June 12: King Louis XIV of France crosses the Rhine at Lobith.

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  August 20: Cornelis and Johan de Witt are killed by a mob in The Hague.

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  one of the more common paintings of anne bradstreet

1672 (MDCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1672nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 672nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1670s decade. As of the start of 1672, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• March 15 – Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
• May 2 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
• June 12 – French forces under king Louis XIV cross the Rhine to Netherlands
• June 28 – William III of Orange appointed Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
• August 20 – Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland is slaughtered by a mob in The Hague.
• England, France, Münster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is known as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands.

Births

• May 1 – Joseph Addison, writer and essayist