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1672| 1607–1700 | North America, UK [food and drink] | Fruits introduced to the North American colonies from England include apples, which adapt well in New England, and peaches, which grow easily in Virginia and other warmer regions. Native vegetables like pumpkins, squash, and beans are favoured over European vegetables. | | 1640–1700 | North America [literature and language] | Literacy rates in the colonies, particularly in New England, are high relative to those in the Old World. Shipton, New England has a 95% literacy rate; males in Virginia have a literacy rate between 54% and 60%. | | 1667–1685 | France [law and government] | A substantial reform of French law takes place with the introduction of a new Civil Code, the Code Louis, in 1667. It is followed by the Criminal Code in 1670, the Maritime Code in 1672, the Commercial Code in 1673, and the Code Noir in 1685, which caters for slaves in the colonies. It remains the basis of French law until the Code Napoléon is introduced in 1804. | | 17 March 1672 | UK, United Netherlands, France [Anglo–Dutch Wars (1652–74)] | An engagement between the British navy and the Dutch Smyrna fleet off the Isle of Wight on 13 March is used as a pretext for Britain to declare war on the United Netherlands. The declaration fulfils British obligations to the French expressed in the secret Treaty of Dover and begins the third Anglo-Dutch war. Subsequently, on 6 April, the French also declare war on the Dutch. | | 9 June 1672 | Russian Empire [births and deaths] | Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia with his brother Ivan V 1682–96 and then alone 1696–1725, who westernized Russia, born in Moscow, Russia (–1725). | | 20 August 1672 | United Netherlands [crime and punishment] | Having been held responsible for Dutch failures in the war against France and having resigned as Grand Pensionary earlier in the month, Johan de Witt, political leader of the United Netherlands (1653–72), who led his country during the First and Second Anglo-Dutch Wars, and his brother Cornelius are assassinated by a large mob at The Hague in the United Netherlands (47). | | 18 October 1672 | Poland, Ottoman Empire [treaties] | The Treaty of Buczacz is signed between Poland and the Ottoman Turks. Poland cedes Podolia and Kamieniec Podolski (now Kamenets Podolsky, Ukraine) to the Ottoman Empire and promises to pay an annual tribute to the Sultan. The treaty also secures most of the Ukraine to the east of the Dnieper for the Cossack hetman (‘headman’) Peter Doroshenko. However, it is never ratified by the Polish Sejm (parliament). |
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