" The procedure for issuing a writ of habeas corpus was first codified by the Habeas Corpus Act 1679, following judicial rulings which had restricted the effectiveness of the writ.

In 1679, he wrote some songs for John Playford's Choice Ayres, Songs and Dialogues and also an anthem, the name of which is not known, for the Chapel Royal.

In that year the Farnese pope, Paul III, detached Parma and Piacenza from the Papal States and gave them as a duchy for his illegitimate son, Pier Luigi Farnese, whose descendants ruled in Parma until 1731, when Antonio Farnese ( 1679 – 1731 ), last male of the Farnese line, died.

Henri de Roy ( Henricus Regius, 1598 – 1679 ), Professor of Medicine at the University of Utrecht, was condemned by the Rector of the University, Gijsbert Voet ( Voetius ), for teaching Descartes's physics.

Later, technicalities in the law were exploited to keep the accused imprisoned without bail even where the offenses were bailable ; such loopholes were for the most part closed by the Habeas Corpus Act 1679.

In 1885 a governor, H E Chetwynd Stapleton, bought a plot of land behind the Jesus Hospital, a building in Wood Street dating back to 1679 ; today the Stapylton field stands in front of the main School building and is used for rugby and cricket.

Newton also acknowledged to Halley that his correspondence with Hooke in 1679 – 80 had reawakened his dormant interest in astronomical matters, but that did not mean, according to Newton, that Hooke had told Newton anything new or original: " yet am I not beholden to him for any light into that business but only for the diversion he gave me from my other studies to think on these things & for his dogmaticalness in writing as if he had found the motion in the Ellipsis, which inclined me to try it.

In 1679, French physicist Denis Papin, better known for his studies on steam, invented the digesteur in an attempt to reduce the cooking time of food.

There was a period of virtually continual war and preparation for war, including the Kalmar War ( 1611 – 1613 ), the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ), the Second Northern War ( 1655 – 1658 ), the Gyldenløve War ( 1675 – 1679 ) and culminating in the Great Northern War ( 1700 – 1721 ).

Jieziyuan Huazhuan ( Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden ), a five-volume work first published in 1679, has been in use as a technical textbook for artists and students ever since.

The Cavalier Parliament convened for the first time on 8 May 1661, and it would endure for over 17 years, finally being dissolved on 24 January 1679.

The first known mention of the name ' viol d ' amore ' appeared in John Evelyn's Diary ( 20 November 1679 ): " for its swetenesse & novelty the Viol d ' Amore of 5 wyre-strings, plaid on with a bow, being but an ordinary violin, play'd on Lyra way by a German, than which I never heard a sweeter Instrument or more surprizing ..."

According to John Locke, who writes, in 1679: " The sports of England for a curious stranger to see are horse-racing, hawking, hunting, and bowling ; at Putney he may see several persons of quality bowling two or three times a week.

In 1679, returning settlers established a temporary settlement known as Sagadahoc on Stage Island, and petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for a permanent settlement on the southern end of Arrowsic Island.

The house was built for Ephraim Jones ( 1679 – 1710 ), founder in 1702 of an early textile business and other mills that formed the nucleus of the present town of Acton.

Robert de LaSalle claimed the area for New France after his 1679 expedition on the Griffon.

Colbert rewarded him for his work by obtaining various benefices for him, and the post of king's almoner ( 1679 ).

As Griffenfeldt predicted, Sweden's stronger ally France was the party that dictated the peace with Denmark's ally Holland, and in spite of Danish victory at sea in the battles against Sweden in 1675 – 1679 during the Scanian War, Danish hopes for border changes on the Scandinavian Peninsula between the two countries were dashed.

William Pickering, who was mayor of Leeds, had made further attempts to obtain an act of Parliament for improvements to the river in 1679, again without success, but as the 1600s drew to a close, a number of bills were passed for other rivers, and there was general support for river navigations.

* 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.

The famed sailing ship Le Griffon reached the mouth of the Detroit River in mid-August 1679 on its maiden voyage through the Great Lakes.

* HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707.

While exploring the region on the ship Le Griffon with Louis Hennepin, La Salle reached St. Ignace on August 27, 1679.

Catholic priest and missionary Father Louis Hennepin accompanied fellow French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on the ship Le Griffon in exploring the Great Lakes in 1679.

* The La Salle Neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, the place where La Salle's ship, Le Griffon, was built in 1679.

* HMS Grafton was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707.

*, a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1679, rebuilt 1700 and 1740, and wrecked at the battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, an 80-year-old ship by then

These purportedly include the first European vessel to sail the Great Lakes, Le Griffon built in 1679 on the eastern shore of Lake Erie, near Buffalo, New York, Sieur de la Salle navigated across Lake Erie, up the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River out into Lake Huron.

Le Griffon, a seven-cannon, 45-ton barque, was constructed on the upper Niagara River at or near Cayuga Creek and launched on August 7, 1679.

Born in Paris, he was a pupil of Jean Le Pautre and the son of Jean Marot ( 1620 – 1679 ), who was also an architect and engraver.

Here, La Salle filled the Griffon with pelts and in late November 1679 sent the Griffon back to the site of modern day Buffalo, never to be seen again.

To prevent this bill from passing into law, Charles had dissolved parliament in July 1679, and in the following October had prorogued its successor, which became known as the Exclusion Bill Parliament, without allowing it to meet.

The new WIC had a capital that was slightly more than 6 million guilders around 1679, which was largely supplied by the Amsterdam Chamber.

Then, in 1679, based on these concepts, an associate of Boyle's named Denis Papin built a steam digester, which was a closed vessel with a tightly fitting lid that confined steam until a high pressure was generated.

The Tsiranavor Surb Hovhannes Church of Avan ( 595 – 602 ) of Avan district which was partly damaged in the 1679 earthquake, is the city's oldest surviving church.

At the same time, Austria was becoming more involved in competition with France in Western Europe, with Austria fighting the French in the Third Dutch War ( 1672 – 1679 ), the War of the League of Augsburg ( 1688 – 1697 ) and finally the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ), in which the French and Austrians ( along with their British, Dutch and Catalonian allies ) fought over the inheritance of the vast territories of the Spanish Habsburgs.

France consolidated her hold with the 1679 Treaties of Nijmegen, which brought the towns under her control.

In November 1679, Hooke began an exchange of letters with Newton ( of which the full text is now published .).

In November 1679, Hooke initiated a remarkable exchange of letters with Newton ( of which the full text is now published ).

On the other hand, Pascal's denunciation of Jesuit casuistry and its " relaxed morality " also led Innocent XI to condemn ( in 1679 ) sixty-five propositions which were taken chiefly from the writings of the Jesuits Escobar and Suarez.

* 1679 – Denis Papin designed a steam digester which inspired the development of the piston-and-cylinder steam engine.

Daniel Greysolon, and Sieur du Lhut, the city's namesake, arrived in 1679 to settle rivalries between two Indian nations, the Dakota and the Ojibwa, and to advance sandalwood trading missions in the area, none of which were very successful.

The state had been bankrupted due to various conflicts and a famine in 1679 which had used all last resources.

It had been previously known as East Fenwick Township, which was mentioned on September 3, 1679, though the details of its incorporation are unknown.

Coke then prepared the Resolutions, which later led to the Habeas Corpus Act 1679.

The settlers initially built a clay and timber fort, which was replaced between 1666 and 1679 by the Castle of Good Hope, which is now the oldest building in South Africa.

The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 states, " A Magistrate shall discharge prisoners from their Imprisonment taking their Recognizance, with one or more Surety or Sureties, in any Sum according to the Magistrate's discretion, unless it shall appear that the Party is committed for such Matter or offences for which by law the Prisoner is not bailable.

" He was appointed a commissioner of the treasury in March 1679, was included in Sir William Temple's new modeled council the same year, and was a member of the inner cabinet which was most immediately formed.

In a paper presented by the Duke of Hamilton to King Charles II in 1679, he detailed the grievances under which Scotland then suffered and complained that Lord Haltoun was " overbearing and insolent in the extreme ".

On 31 May 1679 orders were given to replace the west side with four new buildings three storeys high, which were funded by the Treasurer ( Thomas Hanmer ) and the tenants at the time, including Judge Jeffreys.