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| 1672 |
| | Giovanni Domenico Cassini, working in the Paris royal observatory, calculates the distance from the earth to the sun and is only 7% out | |
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| 1672 |
| | Charles II issues a Declaration of Indulgence, suspending the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists | |
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| 1672 |
| | Isaac Newton's experiments with the prism demonstrate the link between wavelength and colour in light | |
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| 1672 |
| | John Bunyan is released from Bedford Gaol as a result of the Declaration of Indulgence | |
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| 1673 |
| | The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb begins building the great Badshahi Mosque in Lahore | |
| | Lahore, Badshahi Mosque Fotofile CG
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| 1673 |
| | Molière falls fatally ill when acting in his own play Le Malade Imaginaire | |
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| 1673 |
| | Sébastien de Vauban's new technique for conducting the siege of a town shows its effectiveness at Maastricht | |
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| 1673 |
| | Parliament in England passes a Test Act excluding Catholics and Nonconformists from public office | |
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| c. 1673 |
| | The house, later known as Radnor House, is built, probably by John Hooker. | |
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| 1674 |
| | The Dutch scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek builds a microscope powerful enough for him to observe and describe the red corpuscles in blood | |
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