What is 1667?
{{Year nav|1667}} {{Year in various calendars|1667}} {{Year article header|1667}} == Events == * [[January 20]] – [[Poland]] cedes [[Kyiv]], [[Smolensk]], and eastern [[Ukraine]] to [[Russia]] in the [[Treaty of Andrusovo]] that put a final end to [[the Deluge]], and Poland lost its status as a [[Central European]] [[power (international)|power]]. * [[April 27]] – The blind, impoverished [[John Milton]] sells the copyright of ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' for £10. * [[June 12]]-17 – In the [[Raid on the Medway]], a Dutch fleet under admiral [[Michiel de Ruyter]] burns [[Sheerness]], sails up the [[River Medway]], raids [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]] dockyards and escapes with the royal barge ''The Royal Charles''. * [[June 15]] – The first human [[blood transfusion]] is administered by Dr. [[Jean-Baptiste Denys]]. He transfuses the blood of a [[sheep]] to a 15-year-old boy. (Though this operation is a success, a later patient dies from the procedure and Denys is accused of murder). * [[June 20]] – Dutch troops attack Royal Navy ships in London and Chatham and burn them. * [[July 31]] – [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]] ends: The [[Treaty of Breda]] ends the war. The treaty also recognizes [[Acadia]] as a [[France|French]] possession. * [[October 18]] – [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] is chartered under the name '''Brueckelen''' by [[Mathias Nicolls]], Governor of [[New Netherland]]. * [[November 25]] – Devastating [[earthquake]] rocks [[Caucasia]], killing 80,000 people. * [[Suleiman I]] becomes [[Shah]] of [[Iran|Persia]]. * The [[Mogul]] Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] buys off the bandit [[Shivaji]] by making him a Rajah and allowing him to collect taxes. * [[Robert Hooke]] demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for [[Respiration (physiology)|respiration]]. * The [[War of Devolution]] begins, [[France]] invades [[Flanders]] and [[Free County]]. * [[Louis XIV of France]] abolishes the [[Livre Parisis]] (Paris Pound) in favor of the much more widely used [[Livre Tournois]] (Tours Pound). He also designates [[