* 1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer ( d. 1749 )

* 1672 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar ( d. 1733 )

* 1598 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet ( d. 1672 )

* 1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

* Heinrich Schütz ( 1585 – 1672 ) composed " Fili mi, Absalon " as part of his Sinfoniae Sacrae, op. 6

* 1597 – Roger Twysden, English historian and politician ( d. 1672 )

He afforded refuge in Ottoman territory to Charles XII of Sweden ( 1682 – 1718 ) after the Swedish defeat at the hands of Peter I of Russia ( 1672 – 1725 ) in the Battle of Poltava of 1709.

Although the increased contact brought by trade between the Japanese and the Ainu contributed to increased mutual understanding, sometimes it led to conflict, occasionally intensifying into violent Ainu revolts, of which the most important was Shakushain's Revolt ( 1669 – 1672 ).

Meanwhile, over the period 1672 – 1733, the Danish gained control of the nearby islands of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix.

* Antoine Augustin Calmet ( 1672 – 1757 )

Many Eastern Orthodox consider the Council of Constantinople of 879 – 880, that of Constantinople in 1341 – 1351 and that of Jerusalem in 1672 to be ecumenical:

The Church considers the first seven Ecumenical Councils ( held between the 4th and the 8th century ) to be the most important ; however, there have been more, specifically the Synods of Constantinople, 879 – 880, 1341, 1347, 1351, 1583, 1819, and 1872, the Synod of Iaşi ( Jassy ), 1642, and the Pan-Orthodox Synod of Jerusalem, 1672, all of which helped to define the Orthodox position.

* 1672 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College ( b. 1592 )

* 1672 – Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian ( d. 1757 )

* 1672 – Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist ( d. 1731 )

Bacon's ideas were influential in the 1630s and 1650s among scholars, in particular Sir Thomas Browne, who in his encyclopaedia Pseudodoxia Epidemica ( 1646 – 1672 ) frequently adheres to a Baconian approach to his scientific enquiries.

Telemann's brother Heinrich Matthias ( 1672 – 1746 ) eventually became a clergyman.

Peace was fragile, and war broke out again between France and the Dutch Republic in the Franco-Dutch War ( 1672 – 1678 ).

Image: Shunkeizu. jpg | Hanging scroll 1672, Kanō Tanyū, ( 1602 – 1674 ), Japanese

Peter the Great ( 1672 – 1725 ) brought autocracy into Russia and played a major role in bringing his country into the European state system.

* 1672 – Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg ( d. 1741 )

* 1672 – Francis Willughby, English biologist ( b. 1635 )

The French Baroque school is exemplified by composers such as Ennemond Gaultier ( 1575 – 1651 ), Denis Gaultier ( 1597 / 1603 – 1672 ), François Dufaut ( before 1604 – before 1672 ) and many others.

In the 1672 book " New England Rarities Discovered " author John Josselyn described cranberries, writing:

This stone in Queens, New York, located across from the John Bowne House commemorates the place where George Fox preached a sermon on 7 June 1672.

The expression, " the noble savage " was first used in 1672 by British poet John Dryden in his play The Conquest of Granada.

* 1672 – John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.

* 1609 – King John II Casimir of Poland ( d. 1672 )

John Dutton ’ s successors as governor, Robert Stringer ( 1661 – 1670 ) and Richard Coney ( 1671 – 1672 ), repeatedly warned the Company of unrest amongst the inhabitants, Coney complaining the inhabitants were drunks and ne ’ er-do-wells.

The court is named for John Cosin ( 1594 – 1672 ) who was successively Master of Peterhouse, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University and Prince-Bishop of Durham.

The Danish West India Company settled on Saint Thomas in 1672, on Saint John in 1694, and purchased Saint Croix from France in 1733.

* November 30 – John Cosin, English churchman ( d. 1672 )

* March 22 – John II Casimir of Poland ( d. 1672 )

* January 1 – John Wilkins, English clergyman ( d. 1672 )

" It also appears as a verb in the published writings of John Lederer, following his travels in the American southeast in 1672.

In English the phrase first appeared in the 17th century in John Dryden's heroic play, The Conquest of Granada ( 1672 ), where it was used by a Christian prince disguised as a Spanish Muslim to refer to himself, but it later became identified with the idealized picture of " nature's gentleman ", which was an aspect of 18th-century sentimentalism.

In the 17th century Francis Willughby ( 1635 – 1672 ) and John Ray ( 1627 – 1705 ) came up with the first major system of bird classification that was based on function and morphology rather than on form or behaviour.

# Barbara ( Benedicta ) Fitzroy ( 1672 – 1737 ) – She was probably the child of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, who was another of Cleveland's many lovers, and was never acknowledged by Charles as his own daughter.

# John Casimir (; 22 May 1609 1672 ), reigned 1648 – 1668 as John II Casimir Vasa of Poland

Among people associated with Deptford are Christopher Marlowe, who was murdered at Deptford Strand ; diarist John Evelyn ( 1620 – 1706 ) who lived at Sayes Court, and had Peter the Great ( 1672 – 1725 ) as a guest for about three months in 1698 ; and Sir Francis Drake who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind in Deptford Docks.

John Wilkins FRS ( 1 January 1614 – 19 November 1672 ) was an English clergyman, natural philosopher and author, as well as a founder of the Invisible College and one of the founders of the Royal Society, and Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.

John II Casimir (; ; ( 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672 ) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648 – 1660.

* Sir John Trevor: 29 September 1668 – 8 July 1672

In this early version, the hero, " Bilboa ," mocks Sir Robert Howard ; when the play is finally staged in 1672, changed conditions in the theatre world inspire a rewrite, and " Bilboa " is replaced by " Bayes ," a protagonist inspired by John Dryden.

In 1672 or before he married a daughter of Sir John Kirke who had been involved in the 1628 capture of Quebec.