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| 1668 |
| | | The Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great Lakes | |
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| 1668 |
| | | England's East India Company is granted a lease on Bombay by Charles II, who has received it from his Portuguese bride | |
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| 1668 |
| | | Spain finally accepts the independence of the kingdom of Portugal, after nearly a century of Spanish rule | |
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| 1668 |
| | | The Bank of Sweden is founded, and survives today as the world's oldest bank | |
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| c. 1669 |
| | | The duke of York, heir to the English and Scottish thrones, is secretly received into the Roman Catholic church | |
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| 1669 |
| | | Robert de La Salle makes his first exploration of the Ohio valley, providing the basis for France's later claim to the area | |
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| 1669 |
| | | Samuel Pepys ends his diary, after only writing it for nine years | |
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| c. 1670 |
| | | The Dutch develop a new pattern of middle-class urban life and architecture, later copied in England | |
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| c. 1670 |
| | | Members of the Sakaida Kakiemon family are producing exquisitely decorated porcelain ware in Japan | |
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| 1671 |
| | | Elizabeth Tollemache, now a widow and owner of Ham House, marries the Earl (later Duke) of Lauderdale, member of the Cabal that ruled England under Charles II | |
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