1682

Years: 1679 1680 1681 - 1682 - 1683 1684 1685
Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1682 in literature 1682 in science 1682 state leaders

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
French court moves to Versailles
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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