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What Happened in June 1672

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Historical Events

Jun 7 Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral Michael de Ruyter beats a French-English fleet
Jun 12 French army under General Turenne crosses the Rhine at Lobith during the Dutch War

Franco-Dutch War

Jun 21 French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Utrecht

The Sun King of France Louis XIV

Johan de Witt Wounded

Jun 21 Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt is seriously wounded by a knife-wielding assassin

Statesman and Advisor of Holland Johan de Witt

Jun 25 1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held at Sandwich, Massachusetts

Frontenac Sets Sail for New France

Jun 28 French aristocrat and new Governor of New France Louis de Buade de Frontenac sets sail from La Rochelle for Quebec [1]

Governor of New France Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Famous Birthdays

Peter the Great (1672-1725)

Jun 9 Tsar of Russia (1682-1725), born in Moscow

Peter the Great

Jun 11 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and amateur composer, born in Padua, Italy (d. 1749)

Famous Deaths

Jun 7 Willem Joseph van Gendt [Ghent], Dutch admiral and Governor of Breda, dies struck by artillery during the Battle of Solebay at about 37
Jun 17 Orazio Benevoli, Franco-Italian composer, dies at 67
Jun 27 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist, dies at 74

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