* 1674 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion ( d. 1766 )

* 1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter ( d. 1674 )

* 1605 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer ( d. 1674 )

* 1620 – John Graunt, English statistician and founder of the science of demography ( d. 1674 )

* 1614 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg ( d. 1674 )

A younger daughter, Lady Anne Churchill, married Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( c. 1674 – 1722 ), and from this marriage descend the modern Dukes of Marlborough.

* 1707 – Jeremiah Clarke, English composer ( b. 1674 )

* 1608 – John Milton, English poet ( d. 1674 )

* 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War.

* 1609 – Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian ( d. 1674 )

George Gordon, Lord Haddo ( 1674 – aft. 1694 ), d. v. p. s. p.

Watts ( 1674 – 1748 ), whose father was an Elder of a dissenter congregation, complained at age 16, that when allowed only psalms to sing, the faithful could not even sing about their Lord, Christ Jesus.

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

* 1674 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer ( d. 1762 )

* 1674 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha empire, is crowned.

* 1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop ( d. 1735 )

* 1766 – František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect ( b. 1674 )

* John Walker ( clerical historian ) ( 1674 – 1747 ), English clergyman and ecclesiastical historian

* 1602 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter ( d. 1674 )

* 1674 – The nobility elect John Sobieski King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

* John Milton ( 1608 – 1674 ), English poet

* 1674 – John Milton, English poet ( b. 1608 )

* 1674 – Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.

John Milton ( 1608 – 1674 ) wrote a textbook in logic or dialectic in Latin based on Ramus ' work, which has now been translated into English by Walter J. Ong and Charles J. Ermatinger in The Complete Prose Works of John Milton ( Yale University Press, 1982 ; 8: 206-407 ), with a lengthy introduction by Ong ( 144-205 ).

* May 26 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter ( d. 1674 )

* Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ( 1674 – 1723 ), Regent of France,

Philippe d ' Orléans ( Philippe Charles ; 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723 ) was a member of the royal family of France and served as Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723.

# Philippe d ' Orléans, Duke of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier ( 1674 – 1723 )-son of Philippe

* Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ( 1674 – 1723 )

* Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ( 1674 – 1723 ), Regent of France from 1715 to 1723 ;

* Philippe d ' Orléans ( 2 August 1674 – 2 December 1723 ) Born at his fathers Palace at Saint-Cloud, he was the Duke of Chartres from birth ; his mother, whom he was very close to, was a German Princess of the Palatinate named Elizabeth Charlotte.

Philippe de Champaigne ( 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674 ) was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.

* Philippe d ' Orléans ( 1674 – 1723 ), Regent of France 1715 – 1723, son of the above ;

* Élisabeth Charlotte d ' Orléans ( 1674 – 1744 ), youngest child of Philippe I, duc d ' Orléans and his second wife.

* Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke of York and Albany ( 1674 – 1728 ), became prince-bishop of Osnabrück as Ernest Augustus II

* December 2 – Philip II, Duke of Orléans, regent of France ( b. 1674 )

* August 26 – William Byrd II, prominent planter from Virginia ( b. 1674 )

The establishment of a Royal Observatory was proposed in 1674 by Sir Jonas Moore who, in his role as Surveyor General at the Ordnance Office, persuaded King Charles II that the Observatory might be built with Flamsteed employed in it.

The Battle of Seneffe was fought on 11 August 1674 and resulted in a draw. The armies were under the command of Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé ( France ) and the Dutch-German-Spanish army under William III of Orange.

In 1674 Monmouth became Chancellor of Cambridge University and Master of the Horse and King Charles II directed that all military orders should be brought first to Monmouth for examination so giving him effective command of the forces ; his responsibilities included the movement of troops and the suppression of riots.

He was made Master of the King's Music by Charles II in 1674.

He was respected by many of the nobility, and during 1674 both King Charles II and his brother King James II assured him of their good wishes to the dissenters.

In 1674, a Royal Proclamation of Charles II confirmed that the Red Ensign was the appropriate flag to be worn by English merchant ships.

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ( 18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674 ) was an English historian and statesman, and grandfather of two English monarchs, Mary II and Queen Anne.

The session of 1677 had been called by Charles II to finance England's re-entry into the Franco-Dutch war, which had been dragging on since England left in 1674, and hopefully get himself a seat at the peace table.

The second creation came in 1674 when Charles II created Sir Edward Lee, 5th Baronet, of Quarendon, Baron Spelsbury, Viscount Quarendon and Earl of Lichfield.

Shaftesbury's actions in the 1674 session further angered Charles II, so on 19 May 1674, Shaftesbury was expelled from the privy council, and subsequently sacked as Lord Lieutenant of Dorset and ordered to leave London.

After the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the present ' Ducal Mansion ' was built by Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle between 1674 and 1679 on the foundations of the previous structure.

George Fitzroy, an illegitimate son of king Charles II, was awarded the title in 1674, but it became extinct in 1716 as Fitzroy left no heirs.

It was signed on 19 February 1674 ( Old Style: 9 February 1674 ) by Charles II of England and ratified by the States-General of the Netherlands on 5 March 1674.

The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for George FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers.