1670

Births

• December 7 - John Aislabir, English/ British politician.

Deaths

Events

• April - Pope Clement X is elected.
• May 2 - The Hudsons Bay Company is formed in England.
• Phosphorus is discovered by Hennig Brandt.
• Blaise Pascal's Pensees is published.
• England gains formal possession of Jamaica

See also 1670s, 17th century.