1667

Events

January 20 - Poland cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia
April 27 - The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for �10.
June 17 - Much of the English fleet destroyed at the Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
July 31 - Second Anglo-Dutch War ends: The Treaty of Breda ends the war. The treaty also recognizes Acadia as a French possession.
October 18 - Brooklyn is chartered under the name Brueckelen by Mathias Nicolls, Governer of New Netherlands
Suleiman I becomes Shah of Persia
The Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb buys off the bandit Shivaji by making him a Rajah and allowing to colelct taxes
Robert Hooke demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for respiration
Jean Denis performs the first blood transfusion from a lamb into a boy.
The War of Devolution begins, France invades Flanders and Franche-Comt�.

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