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1678. 1678 ( MDCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1678th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 678th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1670s decade.
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1678 was a common year which started on Saturday. Events. January 27 – The first fire engine company in what will become the United States goes into service. February 18 – John Bunyan publishes his Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress in London.
25 October – five Catholic peers accused of involvement in the "Popish Plot" are arrested at the instance of the House of Commons and committed to the Tower of London. On 1 November, impeachment proceedings begin. 26 November – William Staley, a Catholic banker, becomes the first person to be executed in connection with the "Popish Plot".
Nov 24, 2020 · American History Timeline: 1626-1650. 6th May 1626, Dutch colonial officer Peter Minuit (1580 - 1638) purchases Manhattan Island from Man-a-hat-a Indigenous people, for trinkets valued at $24. Between 1626 and 1650, the new American colonies chafed at being so close to political rivals, and squabbled with one another over borders, religious ...
Jul 14, 2020 · T he 1670s in womenswear saw the broader adoption of brocade fabrics and a trend for looping the skirt up into a bustle, revealing a contrasting petticoat. As Valerie Cumming describes in A Visual History of Costume: The Seventeenth Century (1984): “The long, trained skirt was, by now, invariably looped back into a low bustle, revealing the ...
May 14, 2018 · Popish Plot a fictitious Jesuit plot concocted by Titus Oates in 1678, involving a plan to kill Charles II, massacre Protestants, and put the Catholic Duke of York on the English throne. The ‘discovery’ of the plot led to widespread panic and the execution of about thirty-five Catholics. The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH ...
