Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s Years: 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 - 1680 - 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 Events Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born, inventor First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau Births Blackbeard, pirate Deaths Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculptor Willem Drost, Baroque painter and printmaker Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.