1682
| Years: 1679 1680 1681 – 1682 – 1683 1684 1685 | |
| Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s – 1680s – 1690s 1700s 1710s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1682 in topic: | |
Events
- March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England
- May 6 – Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
- July 19 – Iyasus succeeds his father Yohannes I as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- First black slaves arrive in Germany
- Halley's comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmond Halley himself
- In Russia, half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I named tsar – Peter's half-sister Sofia becomes regent
Births
- February 13 – Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, painter (d. 1754)
- June 27 – King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
Deaths
- October 19 – Sir Thomas Browne English author, physician, and philosopher (b. 1605)
- November 23 – Claude Lorrain French painter
- Yohannes I, Emperor of Ethiopia
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