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1672
 
   
Charles II issues a Declaration of Indulgence, suspending the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists      
1672
 
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Isaac Newton's experiments with the prism demonstrate the link between wavelength and colour in light      
1672
 
   
John Bunyan is released from Bedford Gaol as a result of the Declaration of Indulgence      
1673
 
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The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb begins building the great Badshahi Mosque in Lahore       
Lahore, Badshahi Mosque
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1673
 
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Molière falls fatally ill when acting in his own play Le Malade Imaginaire       
1673
 
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Sébastien de Vauban's new technique for conducting the siege of a town shows its effectiveness at Maastricht       
1673
 
    
Parliament in England passes a Test Act excluding Catholics and Nonconformists from public office       
c. 1673
 
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The house, later known as Radnor House, is built, probably by John Hooker. See in Google maps   
1674
 
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The Dutch scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek builds a microscope powerful enough for him to observe and describe the red corpuscles in blood       
1674
 
   
Samuel Sewall begins a diary of daily life in Boston, Massachusetts, that will span a period of more than fifty years