* 1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader ( d. 1734 )

* Banda Singh Bahadur ( 1670 – 1716 ), Sikh military leader

* 1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer ( d. 1670 )

* 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier ( d. 1670 )

# Greece and then the Crimea and Rumelia for the second time ( 1667 – 1670 )

* 1670 – Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University ( d. 1737 )

* Bernard de Mandeville ( English, 1670 – 1733 ), author of The Fable of the Bees.

# 1670 – 1682 Prince Rupert of the Rhine

* 1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander ( b. 1670 )

* 1670 – In Dover, England, Charles II of Great Britain and Louis XIV of France sign the secret treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.

* 1670 – Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg ( d. 1748 )

* 1644 – Princess Henrietta of England ( d. 1670 )

* 1670 – William Congreve, English playwright ( d. 1729 )

* 1670 – Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian composer ( d. 1747 )

* 1670 – Richard Leveridge, English singer and composer ( d. 1758 )

* 1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama.

* James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn ( c. 1604 – c. 1670 ), created Lord Hamilton, Baron of Strabane in the Peerage of Ireland in his father's lifetime.

1670 ), however, a distinctly German style came only after 1700 in the works of Silvius Leopold Weiss ( 1686 – 1750 ), one of the greatest lute composers, some of whose works were transcribed for keyboard by none other than Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 – 1750 ), who composed a few pieces for the lute himself ( although it is unclear whether they were really intended for the lute, rather than another plucked string instrument or the lautenwerk ).

* 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.

* 1670 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier ( d. 1726 )

* 1670 – Augustus II the Strong ( d. 1733 )

* 1737 – Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University ( b. 1670 )

* 1758 – Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer ( b. 1670 )

The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay was incorporated on 2 May 1670, with a royal charter from King Charles II.

* 1609 – King Frederick III of Denmark ( d. 1670 )

* March 28 – King Frederick III of Denmark ( d. 1670 )

* February 1 – King August II of Poland ( b. 1670 )

* August 25 – Death of Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway since 1670.

In 1670, Charles entered into the secret treaty of Dover, an alliance with his first cousin King Louis XIV of France.

A number of important public works undertaken between 1667 and 1670, such as the Citadel ( erected by Vauban ), or the creation of the quartiers of Saint-André and la Madeleine, enabled the King to gradually gain the confidence of his Lille subjects, some of whom continued to feel Flemish, though they had always spoken the Romance Picard language.

* Frederick III of Denmark ( 1609 – 1670 ), King of Denmark and Norway

* The Hudson's Bay Company ; founded by a Royal Charter issued in 1670 by King Charles II

On 6 May 1680, Charles married Ulrike Eleonora ( 1656 – 1693 ), daughter of King Frederick III of Denmark ( 1609 – 1670 ).

In 1670, the Hudson's Bay Company ( HBC ) was granted a charter by King Charles II, giving it a trading monopoly over the watershed of all rivers and streams flowing into Hudson Bay, thereby making the HBC owners of the whole of Rupert's Land ( named in honour of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the king's cousin and the company's first governor ).

The company continued operations for the next eight years, with backers including the King, the Duke of York and the Royal Society, with operations including engaging in the West Africa slave trade until it folded in 1670.

In 1670, the King approved the charter for " The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay " that would form the Hudson's Bay Company, which was granted a trading monopoly in the whole Hudson Bay watershed area, an immense territory named Rupert's Land, with Rupert appointed the first Governor.

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Fitz-James, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica ( 21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734 ) was an Anglo-French military leader, illegitimate son of King James II of England by Arabella Churchill, sister of the 1st Duke of Marlborough.

Frederick Augustus I or Augustus II the Strong (; ; ; 12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733 ) was Elector of Saxony ( as Frederick Augustus I ), Imperial Vicar and became King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania ( as Augustus II ).

In 1670 he was appointed royal chaplain or Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, shortly thereafter Rector of Milston, Wilts, and Prebendary in the Cathedral of Salisbury.

Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton PC ( c. July 1605 – 4 July 1670 ) was a distant relation of the Elizabethan politician, Sir Christopher Hatton and a prominent Royalist during the reign of King Charles I of England.

In 1669, King Frederick III decided to set up an animal park in the area and his son, Christian V, extended the size of the park by 3-4 times after he became king in 1670.

John King founded an almshouse charity in 1670 in memory of his father Henry King ( 1592 – 1669 ) who was Bishop of Chichester and a poet.

In 1669 the people of the town successfully petitioned King Charles II and in 1670 he granted the Lord of the Manor of Doddington a Royal Charter endowing the right to hold a market with two annual fairs, in spite of the opposition of Wisbech Corporation.

A Frenchman, who was held captive in Morocco from 1670 to 1681, wrote: " In Fez and in Morocco is, Marrakesh, the Jews are separated from the inhabitants, having their own quarters set apart, surrounded by walls of which the gates are guarded by men appointed by the King ...

Charles Palmer, later FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton, KG, Chief Butler of England ( 18 June 1662 – 9 September 1730 ), styled Baron Limerick before 1670 and Earl of Southampton between 1670 and 1675, was the eldest son of Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine ( née Barbara Villiers, later 1st Duchess of Cleveland ) and the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and Scotland.