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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1679 AD
January
January 24: King Charles II disbands English parliament
January 31: Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris
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February
February 5: German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
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April
April 3: Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
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May
May 27: Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK
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June
June 1: Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
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July
July 12: Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act
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September
September 18: New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony
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October
October 23: Meal Tub Plot against James II of England
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November
November 3: Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
November 15: English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill
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December
December 27: Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
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