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1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years: 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689
Events and Trends
- The Treaty of Ratisbon between France and England in 1684 ended the Age of Buccaneers.
- Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, where he introduces Newton's laws of motion and his theory of gravity.
World Leaders
- King Christian V of Denmark (1670 - 1699).
- King Charles II of England and Scotland (1660 - 1685).
- King James II of England and Scotland (1685 - 1688).
- Queen Mary II of England and Scotland (1689 - 1694).
- King William II of England and Scotland (1689 - 1702).
- King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715).
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658 - 1705).
- King Peter II of Portugal (1667 - 1706)
- Tsar Feodor III of Russia (1676 - 1682).
- Tsar Ivan V of Russia (1682 - 1696).
- Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682 - 1725).
- King Charles II of Spain (1665 - 1700).
- King Charles XI of Sweden (1660 - 1697).
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