1682

Years: 1679 1680 1681 - 1682 - 1683 1684 1685

Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1682 in literature 1682 in science 1682 state leaders

Events

• March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England
• May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.

• First black slaves arrive in Germany – not very popular
• French court moves to Versailles
• Edmond Halley makes calculations about Halley'scomet
• In Russia, half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I named tsar - Peter's half-sister Sofia becomes regent

Births

• February 13 - Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, painter (died 1754)
• June 27 - Charles XII of Sweden, king of Sweden 1697-1718 (died 1718) (June 17 in Swedish calendar)

Deaths

• October 19 - Sir Thomas Browne English author, physician and philosopher
• November 23 - Claude Lorrain French landscape painter