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1675 King Philip’s War

King Philip’s War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history. Historians since the early 18th century, relying on accounts from the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, have referred to the conflict as King Philip’s War. Philip (Metacom), sachem (chief) of a Wampanoag band, was a son of Massasoit, who had greeted the first colonists of New England at Plymouth in 1621. However, because of the central role in the conflict played by the Narragansetts, who composed the […]

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1675 Music from times of Vermeer

December 15, 1675: Dutch master painter and educator Johannes Vermeer died in Delft. Particularly renowned for his masterly treatment and use of light in his work, he painted mostly domestic interior scenes. He was recognized during his lifetime in Delft and The Hague, but his modest celebrity gave way to obscurity after his death. He was rediscovered in the nineteenth century, and he is now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Music from the times of Johannes Vermeer January–March January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg. January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native American Christian, dies […]

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1675 Charles II attempt to ban public coffeehouses

Charles II attempted to ban public coffeehouses, which he viewed as hotbeds of “fake news” and seditious murmurings England’s Charles II had ample reason to be wary of criticism. After all, his father, Charles I, was beheaded for high treason at the height of the English Civil War, and Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan soldier and statesman who played an important role in bringing about this execution, forced the young king into exile as he transformed the country into a de facto republic under the Interregnum. Once Charles II regained his throne, he was understandably fearful of attempts to undermine the […]

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