* 1609 – Richard Bennett, English Governor of the Colony of Virginia ( d. 1675 )

* 1605 – Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician ( d. 1675 )

* 1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish theologian, historian, astronomer, and writer ( d. 1675 )

* 1675 – 1719 John Flamsteed

* 1675 – Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

* 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.

* 1602 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician ( d. 1675 )

They determined to reinvestigate the motion of γ Draconis ; the telescope, constructed by George Graham ( 1675 – 1751 ), a celebrated instrument-maker, was affixed to a vertical chimney stack, in such manner as to permit a small oscillation of the eyepiece, the amount of which ( i. e. the deviation from the vertical ) was regulated and measured by the introduction of a screw and a plumb line.

* 1613 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter ( d. 1675 )

* 1675 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter ( b. 1632 )

His parents were Didier Diderot ( 1675 – 1759 ) a cutler, maître coutelier and his wife Angélique Vigneron ( 1677 – 1748 ).

James Gregory ( 1638 – 1675 ) observed the diffraction patterns caused by a bird feather, which was effectively the first diffraction grating to be discovered.

* 1675 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician ( d. 1750 )

* 1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer ( d. 1726 )

* 1675 – Gerhard Douw, Dutch painter ( b. 1613 )

* John Gordon ( 1673 – 1675 )

* Lady Anne Gordon ( 1675 – 1709 ), married Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton

* 1587 – William Arnold, English-American settler ( d. 1675 )

* 1615 – Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler ( d. 1675 )

* 1749 – William Jones, Welsh mathematician ( b. 1675 )

* 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French missionary and explorer ( d. 1675 )

* 1675 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and writer ( d. 1755 )

* 1675 – Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials ( d. 1719 )

King Charles II, who founded the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 1675 instructed the first Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed, ".

Hendrick Danckerts, Royal Gardener John Rose and King Charles II, 1675

* 1675 – King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

* 1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine ( b. 1604 )

* April 5 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine ( d. 1675 )

* June 20 – Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy ( d. 1675 )

** Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician ( b. 1675 )

The observatory was commissioned in 1675 by King Charles II, with the foundation stone being laid on 10 August.

These coffee-house clubs soon became hotbeds of political scandal-mongering and intriguing, and in 1675 King Charles II issued a proclamation which ran: “ His Majesty hath thought fit and necessary that coffee houses be ( for the future ) put down and suppressed ,” because “ in such houses divers false, malitious and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of his Majesty ’ s Government and to the Disturbance of Peace and Quiet of the Realm .” So unpopular was this proclamation that it was almost instantly found necessary to withdraw it, and by Anne ’ s reign the coffee-house club was a feature of England ’ s social life.

# Charles FitzCharles ( 1657 – 1680 ), known as " Don Carlo ", created Earl of Plymouth ( 1675 )

# Charles Fitzroy ( 1662 – 1730 ), created Duke of Southampton ( 1675 ), became 2nd Duke of Cleveland ( 1709 )

# Charles Lennox ( 1672 – 1723 ), created Duke of Richmond ( 1675 ) in England and Duke of Lennox ( 1675 ) in Scotland.

Since 1675 the original site of the cross has been occupied by a statue of King Charles I mounted on a horse.

Charles II of England | Charles II presented with the first pineapple grown in England ( 1675 painting by Hendrik Danckerts )

* Prince Charles Emmanuel of Savoy ( 20 June 1634 – Palace of Venaria, 12 June 1675 ), Duke of Savoy ; married first his first cousin Françoise Madeleine d ' Orléans and had no issue ; secondly married another first cousin Marie Jeanne of Savoy and had issue ;

Charles Emmanuel II () ( 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675 ) was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France until 1663.

* Charles Emmanuel II: 1638 – 1675

The original cross stood at the top of Whitehall on the south side of Trafalgar Square, but was destroyed on the orders of Parliament in 1647 during the Civil War, and was replaced by an equestrian statue of Charles I in 1675 following the Restoration.

* Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland ( 1675 – 1722 ), politician

He was concerned in some of the negotiations between Louis and Charles II of England which led to the treaty of Dover ( 1670 ), and died in Paris on 23 December 1675.

For 1675 he made another attempt to gain favour with the parliament by supporting measures against France and against the Roman Catholics, and by joining in the pressure put upon Charles to remove James from the court.