1682
Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. First black slaves arrive in Germany Halley's comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmond Halley himself In Russia, half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I named tsar - Peter's half-sister Sofia becomes regent
Births February 13 - Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, painter (died 1754) June 27 - Charles XII of Sweden, king of Sweden 1697-1718 (died 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)
Deaths October 19 - Sir Thomas Browne English author, physician and philosopher November 23 - Claude Lorrain French landscape painter
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