* 1677 – Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1748 )

* 1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer ( d. 1677 )

* 1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.

New England suffered smallpox epidemics in 1677, 1689 – 90, and 1702.

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

* Eliphalet Adams, ( 1677 – 1753 ), clergyman and missionary to the Native Americans

* 1677 – Samuel Gorton, English activist and writer ( b. 1593 )

* 1612 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman ( d. 1677 )

* 1677 – Nicola Fago, Italian Baroque composer and teacher ( d. 1745 )

* 1677 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French composer ( d. 1745 )

The second Khoikoi-Dutch war ( 1673 – 1677 ) was a cattle raid.

* 1677 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer ( d. 1726 )

* 1647 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg ( d. 1677 )

* 1677 – Scanian War: Denmark – Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.

Latin was the language of the ancient Romans, but it was also the lingua franca of Europe throughout the middle ages, so Latin literature includes not only Roman authors like Cicero, Vergil, Ovid and Lucretius, but also includes European writers after the fall of the Empire from religious writers like St. Augustine ( 354 – 430 AD ), to secular writers like Francis Bacon ( 1561-1626 ) and Spinoza ( 1632 – 1677 ).

Latin continued to be used as a lingua franca throughout Europe, with some of the latest great works in Latin being composed by Francis Bacon ( 1561-1626 ) and Spinoza ( 1632 – 1677 ).

* 1677 – Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.

* 1632 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher ( d. 1677 )

* 1677 – The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange.

Various European powers – Portugal, the Netherlands, and England – competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward, until in 1677, France ended up in possession of what had become a minor slave trade departure point — the infamous island of Gorée next to modern Dakar.

** Jacques Cassini ( 1677 – 1756 ), French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico

Jacques Cassini ( 18 February 1677 – 16 April 1756 ) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini.

* Pietro Giovanni Guarneri ( Pietro da Mantova ) ( 18 February 1655-26 March 1720 ), worked in his father's workshop from around 1670 until his marriage in 1677.

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari ( September 27, 1677 – May 16, 1754 ) was an Italian musical composer and maestro di cappella ( chapel-master ) at Pistoia.

In 1677, Domenico and Carlo Magri gave the etymologies for various Maltese words in their book Hierolexicon, a Latin version of the encyclopedia Notitia de vocaboli ecclesiastici first published in 1644.

Daughters Maria Cäcilia ( born 1674 ) and Anna Magdalena ( 1677 – 1742 ) became nuns at Santa Clara, Merano, and the Nonnberg Abbey, respectively.

* July 8 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer ( born 1677 )

Maria Anna was a daughter of William, Margrave of Baden-Baden ( 1593 – 1677 ) and Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern ( c. 1619 – 1688 ).

In 1677 Gregorio Selleri completed his studies at the studium of S. Maria sopra Minerva, and was later lector there.

* August 6 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer ( d. 1677 )

Instructions were set down in a series of Italian tutors from Ganassi dal Fontego ( 1535 ) to Bismantova ( 1677 ).

These included the English anatomist Francis Glisson ( 1597 – 1677 ) and the Italian doctor Marcello Malpighi ( 1628 – 1694 ).

Jan Blažej Santini Aichel ( February 3, 1677 – December 7, 1723 ) was a Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent a curious amalgam of the Gothic and Baroque styles.

Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel ( born 3 February 1677 in Prague – died 7 December 1723 in Prague ) was a renowned Czech architect of Italian origin ( His grandfather Antonin Aichel moved from Italy to Prague in the 1630s ), he became famous by Baroque gothic style.

Barbara Strozzi ( also called Barbara Valle ; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677 ) was an Italian Baroque singer and composer.

Francesco Nicola Fago, ' II Tarantino ' ( 26 February 1677 – 18 February 1745 ) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher.

Opera could be seen in Amsterdam from 1677, first only Italian and French operas, but in the 18th century German operas.

Nevertheless, it is an official part of Italian language ; it was coined in 1677 by poet Francesco Moneti:

* May 1 – Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer ( b. 1677 )

* Matthew Locke ( composer ) ( 1621 – 1677 ), baroque composer

Johann Ludwig Bach ( 4 February 1677 – 1 May 1731 ) was a composer and violinist.

* February 18 – Nicola Fago, composer and music teacher ( born 1677 )

* April 27 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, composer ( born 1677 )

* June – Johann Wilhelm Drese, composer ( born 1677 )

***** Johann Ludwig Bach ( 1677 – 1731 )-the so-called „ Meininger Bach “, composer

* July 2 – Christian Petzold, organist and composer ( born 1677 )

* May 1 ( buried ) – Johann Ludwig Bach, violinist and composer ( born 1677 )

1621 – August 1677 ) was an English Baroque composer and music theorist.

1628 – 1677 ) was a French composer principally of opera.

Christian Petzold ( 1677 – before 2 June 1733 ) was a German composer and organist.