Important Historical Events of the year 1667, Year 1667 in History

List of 1667 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1667

What happened in the year 1667?

Date Event
April 27, 1667 Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stationers' Register.
May 24, 1667 The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance.
June 9, 1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins. It lasts for five days and results in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
June 14, 1667 The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
June 15, 1667 The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
July 7, 1667 An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
November 25, 1667 A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.