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1686

The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end of Turkish rule in Hungary during the subsequent years.

Turkey, Hungary

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1685

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June 20 - Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.

July 6 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Battle of Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth. Monmouth's army is defeated and the Duke himself is captured shortly after the battle.

July 15 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, London

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1684

England has its coldest winter in living memory; the River Thames and the sea as far as 2 miles out from land freezes over

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1683

The Battle of Vienna took place in the night between 11 September 1683 and 12 September 1683, finishing about at 5 p.m., and was the first large-scale battle of the Habsburg-Ottoman Wars, yet with the most far-reaching consequences.

Vienna,Austria

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1682

Iyasus succeeds his father Yohannes I as Emperor of Ethiopia.

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1681

The last Dodo is killed

The Republic of Mauritius

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1680

May - an eruption occurs at the volcano Krakatoa, probably on a relatively small scale.

July 8 - The first documented tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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1679

May 27 Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK

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1678-October 17 - British magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Primrose Hill, London.


London, England

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1677

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May 31 - Danish ships clash with Swedish ships under Niels Iuel between Femern and Warnemunde - Danish defeat the Swedish and capture number of ships. Off the Coast of Germany.