1672

1672 (MDCLXXII) was a leap year beginning on a Friday, according to the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• Isaac Newton published his treaty of light.
• March - The Synod of Jerusalem brings together bishops and representatives of all Eastern Orthodox Christianity to discuss Orthodox dogma against the challenge of Protestantism.
• March 15 - Charles II of England signed the Royal Declaration of Indulgence, suspending the laws penalized Catholics and other religious dissidents.
• 17 March - Third Anglo-Dutch War.
• 2nd of May - in Paraguay, fray Buenaventura de Villasboas founded the village of Itapé.
• April 8 - France declares war on the Dutch Republic, invading the country on April 29.
• June 1 - Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 is known as het rampjaar ("the year of disaster") in the Netherlands.
• October - Spain begins the construction of the masonry fort that will become the Castle of San Marcos, designed to protect San Agustín (Florida).

Births

• April 6: André Cardinal Destouches, French composer of the Baroque period (f. 1749).
• June 20: Luis César de Borbón, Count of Vexin and Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.
• June 14: Luis Francisco. Son of Louis XIV and Mary Teresa of Austria.

Deaths

• 1 March: Maria Teresa of France, daughter of Louis XIV and Maria Teresa of Austria.
• April 20: Juan Rana (Cosme Pérez), Spanish comic actor of the Golden Age (n. 1593).
• 4 November: Luis Francisco, son of Louis XIV and María Teresa of Austria.
• 16 December: John II, Polish King (n. 1609).
• Luisa Francisca, daughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan.