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1679 - What happened in 1679 ?


January 1679


Tuesday 24:

King Charles II of England disbands Parliament.




July 1679


Sunday 02:

led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.




August 1679


Monday 07:

The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.



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