19th February » England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster (1674) called Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York City or New Y
21st May » The szlachta or nobility elect John III of Poland called John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
6th June » Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, is crowned.
24th September » Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
10th November » Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster (1674) named Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.
4th December » Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago or Chicago, Illinois.)
Famous Birthdays in 1674
9th January » Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
15th January » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet (d. 1762)
24th January » Thomas Tanner (bishop) e.g Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
17th July » Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (d. 1748)
2nd August » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1723)
9th August » František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion (d. 1766)
17th September » Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
29th September » Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, French flute player and composer (d. 1763)
25th December » Thomas Halyburton, Scottish minister and theologian (d. 1712)
Famous Deaths in History for 1674
12th January » Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
22nd February » Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (b. 1595)
24th February » Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
8th March » Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French author (b. 1597)
18th April » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician (b. 1620)
14th June » Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French author and poet (b. 1600)
2nd July » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
12th August » Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
27th September » Thomas Traherne, English clergyman, poet, and theologian (b. 1637)
27th October » Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic minister and poet (b. 1614)
8th November » John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
9th December » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)