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William III Made Governor

Mar 2 Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel

King of England William III

Flamsteed 1st Astronomer Royal

Mar 4 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England

1st Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed

Events in 1675

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 17 Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, Polish composer, born in Bruskowo Wielkie, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1721)
  • Mar 31 Benedict XIV [Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini], Italian Pope (1740-58), born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1758)
Born in 1675

Famous Deaths

  • Mar 18 Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)


What Happened in 1675

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