What is 1680?
{{Year nav|1680}} {{Year in various calendars|1680}} {{Year article header|1680}} == Events == * [[February]] – the Reverend Ralph Davenant dies leaving £100 in his will to start up a new school for the poor boys of Whitechapel, in the East End. * [[May]] – an eruption occurs at the volcano [[Krakatoa]], probably on a relatively small scale. * [[July 8]] – The first documented [[tornado]] in America kills a servant at [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. * [[August 21]] – Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe (New Mexico) from [[Spain|Spanish]] during the Pueblo Revolt. * [[November 17]] – [[British Whig Party|Whigs]] organize [[pope]]-burning processions in [[London]]. * [[November 23]] – Great Comet of 1680 first sighted. === Undated === * Chambers of Reunion ([[France|French]] courts under [[Louis XIV]]): decide on complete annexation of [[Alsace]]. * First [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[governor]] is appointed to [[Macau]]. * The [[Sweden|Swedish]] city Karlskrona founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocates there. == Births == * [[January 23]] – Joseph Ames, English writer (died [[1759]]) * [[February 14]] – John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (died [[1737]]) * [[February 23]] – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (died [[1767]]) * [[April 9]] – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (died [[1754]]) * [[June 22]] – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (died [[1754]]) * [[September 22]] – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (died [[1747]]) * [[October 19]] – John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (died [[1740]]) * [[November 22]] – [[Edward Teach]] (Blackbeard), [[pirate]] (died [[1718]]) * ''date unknown'' – John Machin, English mathematician (died [[1752]]) {{See also|:Category:1680 births}} == Deaths == * [[February]] – Reverend Ralph Davenant, founder of Davenant Foundation School * [[February 17]] ** Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (born [[1599]]) ** Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (born [[1637]]