1680
| Years: 1677 1678 1679 – 1680 – 1681 1682 1683 | |
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s – 1680s – 1690s 1700s 1710s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1680 in topic: | |
Events
- First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau
- The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there.
- July 8 – The first confirmed tornado in America killed a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- August 21 – Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt
Births
- January 23 – Joseph Ames, English author (d. 1759)
- September 22 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
- John Machin, English mathematician (d. 1752)
Deaths
- February 17 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b. 1637)
- April 3 – Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (b. 1630)
- July 26 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (b. 1647)
- September 11 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
- November 27 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar
- November 28 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
Categories: 1680