Years: 1668 1669 1670 - 1671 - 1672 1673 1674

Decades: 1640s 1650s 1660s - 1670s - 1680s 1690s 1700s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1671 in literature 1671 in science

Events

• May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.

Births

• June 14 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
• October 11 - King Frederick IV of Denmark

Deaths

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