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1682| 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. | | 1682 | England [physics] | The English astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet that he later concludes (in 1705) returns every 76 years, and which now bears his name. | | 1682 | Ottoman Empire, Austria, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire, Hungary [wars] | The Ottoman Turks recognize Imre Thököly as king of Hungary. They send a small force to assist him, allowing Thököly to capure two fortresses from the Austrians. Attempts are made by the Austrians to renew the Treaty of Vasvár of August 1664 which is due to expire in August 1682. However, their proposals are rejected by the Ottoman Turks and war becomes inevitable. | | 1682 | England [botany] | English botanist Nehemiah Grew's Anatomy of Plants, identifies the stamens and pistils as male and female sex organs for the first time. | | 1682 | England [botany] | The English naturalist John Ray's Methodus plantarum nova/New Method for Plants is published, in which he makes a fundamental distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons. | | 9 April 1682 | North America [colonization] | René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, reaches the mouth of the Mississippi and takes possession of the entire Mississippi Valley for France, naming it Louisiana in honour of King Louis XIV of France. | | 27 April 1682 | Russia [administration] | Following the death of Tsar Fyodor III of Russia, a faction led by the family of his stepmother, Natalia Naryshkin, proclaims her son Peter I the Great as tsar. | | May 1682 - August 1689 | Russia [administration] | After several days of unrest, the newly proclaimed Tsar Peter I the Great of Russia is overthrown by a faction led by the family of Tsar Alexis's first wife, Maria Miloslavsky, and backed by the Moscow Streltsy (musketeers). Peter and his mentally disabled half-brother Ivan V are proclaimed as joint tsars, with his half-sister Sofia as regent. |
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