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1680
(
MDCLXXX
)
was a
leap year
starting on Monday
of the
Gregorian calendar
and a
leap year starting on Thursday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1680th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 680th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 80th year of the
17th century
, and the 1st year of the
1680s
decade. As of the start of 1680, the Gregorian calendar was
10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
- January 23
? Joseph Ames, English writer (died
1759
)
- February 14
? John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (died
1737
)
- February 23
? Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (died
1767
)
- April 9
? Philippe Nericault Destouches, French dramatist (died
1754
)
- June 22
? Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (died
1754
)
- September 22
? Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (died
1747
)
- October 19
? John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (died
1740
)
- November 22
?
Edward Teach
(Blackbeard),
pirate
(died
1718
)
- date unknown
? John Machin, English mathematician (died
1752
)
- February
? Reverend Ralph Davenant, founder of Davenant Foundation School
- February 17
- Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (born
1599
)
- Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (born
1637
)
- February 22
? Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (born c.
1607
)
- March 14
? Rene Le Bossu, French critic (born
1631
)
- March 17
? Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (born
1613
)
- March 23
? Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (born
1615
)
- march 4
? Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (born
1630
)
- May 31
? Joachim Neander, German Calvinist clergyman (born
1650
)
- June 18
? Samuel Butler, English poet (born
1612
)
- June 10
? Johan Goransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (born
1635
)
- July 10
? Louis Moreri, French encylopedist (born
1643
)
- July 26
? John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (born
1647
)
- July 30
? Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (born
1634
)
- August 20
? William Bedloe, English informer (born
1650
)
- August 22
? John George II, Elector of Saxony (born
1613
)
- August 24
? Thomas Blood, thief of the English Crown Jewels (born
1618
)
- August 25
? Simeon of Polotsk, Belarusian churchman and poet (born
1629
)
- September 2
? Per Brahe (the younger), Swedish soldier and statesman (born
1602
)
- September 9
? Henry Marten, English regicide (born
1602
)
- September 10
? Baldassare Ferr, Italian castrato (born
1610
)
- September 11
- Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (born
1621
)
- Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born
1596
)
- October 4
? Pierre Paul Riquet, French engineer and canal builder (born c.
1640
)
- October 30
? Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (born
1616
)
- November 27
? Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (born
1602
)
- November 28
?
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
, Italian sculptor (born
1598
)
- November 28
? Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (born
1606
)
- December 4
? Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (born
1616
)
- December 8
? Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (born
1606
)
