1668 (MDCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1668th...

and wrote one comedy. John Dryden, born in Charlton, London, in 1667 or 1668, was the second son of John Dryden the poet, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter...

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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668 (XVI) was an act of the UN General Assembly that deemed the issue of Chinese representation at the UN an...

six (later four) counselors, and it was abolished at the end of the war in 1668, when Charles II of Spain gave up his title as King of Portugal. The function...

ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain. It was signed on 2 May 1668 in Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle). Spain acceded on 7 May 1669. The treaty...

the Kingdom of England, the Swedish Empire and the Dutch Republic in May 1668. It was created in response to the occupation of the Spanish Netherlands...

was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the...

The year 1668 in science and technology involved some significant events. Isaac Newton invents the reflecting telescope. Francesco Redi publishes Esperienze...

was also considerably increased. Renewed wars (the War of Devolution, 1667–1668 and the Franco-Dutch War, 1672–1678) brought further territorial gains (Artois...

led by Arlington and Buckingham, with Arlington the more successful. In 1668, England allied itself with Sweden, and with its former enemy the Netherlands...

Louis III de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (10 November 1668 – 4 March 1710) was a prince du sang as a member of the reigning House of Bourbon at the French...

Events from the year 1668 in China. Kangxi Emperor (7th year) Regents — Ebilun and Oboi Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Zhu Changzuo (–January 8)...

of Friends in the 1650s and 1660s and has met annually in some form since 1668. The first meeting of Friends from different parts of Britain to be organised...

detailed in his An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language (1668). Wilkins's system decomposes the entire universe of "things and notions"...

consider the width of the street. 1668 – Roger Pratt becomes the first person knighted for services to architecture. 1668: June – William Talman appointed...

Taylor & Francis: 330–338. doi:10.1080/00071668.2016.1161727. ISSN 0007-1668. PMC 4940894. PMID 26982003. S2CID 17842329. Sherwin, C.M.; Nicol, C.J. (1993)...

Secretary to the Delegates was determined to install printing presses in 1668, making it the university's first central print shop. In 1674, OUP began...

claim the island on March 6, 1521. Guam was fully colonized by Spain in 1668. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Guam was an important stopover for...

The Treaty of Lisbon of 1668 was a peace treaty between Portugal and Spain that was concluded at Lisbon on 13 February 1668 with the mediation of England...

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Robert Bruce (Russian: Роман Вилимович Брюс, Roman Vilimovich Bruce; 1668–1720) was the first chief commander of Saint Petersburg. Of Scottish descent...

Descriptions of the African Regions") is a Dutch ethnographic book published in 1668 describing Africa. The work consists of detailed description of the parts...

280) occurred during a short but intense period; the eight years between 1668 and 1676, when the witch hysteria called Det stora oväsendet ("The Great...

Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects". Zootaxa. 1668: 565–590. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.27. Pape, Thomas; Bickel, Daniel John; Meier, Rudolf...

The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology is organized to integrate the many fields of specialization which occur in the broad field of biology...

December 1640, restored Portuguese independence. The period from 1640 to 1668 was marked by periodic skirmishes between Portugal and Spain, as well as...

Henry Cowper (1668–1707), of Strood Park, Slinfold, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Horsham from...

until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession. He was the fifth and last child of John IV and Luisa...

Camagüey in modern Cuba) and Porto Bello (now Portobelo in modern Panama). In 1668, he sailed for Maracaibo and Gibraltar on Lake Maracaibo in modern-day Venezuela;...