1674 - What happened in 1674 ?

February 1674

Monday 19:

England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renamed it New York.

May 1674

Monday 21:

John Sobieski is elected by the nobility to be the King of Poland.

November 1674

Saturday 10:

Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.

December 1674

Tuesday 04:

Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illinois Indians (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).