1680
Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. July 8 - The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts. August 21 - Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt
Births January 23 - Joseph Ames, author September 22 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747) John Machin, English mathematician Blackbeard, pirate
DeathsFebruary 17 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b. 1637)July 26 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (b. 1647)September 11 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of JapanNovember 27 - Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholarNovember 28 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (b. 1598)
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