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Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine
1675Sep, 18

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
Charles IV (5 April 1604, Nancy – 18 September 1675, Allenbach) was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 until his death in 1675, with a brief interruption in 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis.

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  • 4May

    Royal Greenwich Observatory

    King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
  • 11Aug

    Battle of Konzer Brücke

    Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
  • 2Nov

    King Philip's War

    Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
  • 11Nov

    Integral calculus

    Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).