WHAT HAPPENED IN 1679.
Look what happened the 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. (7. August 1679)

Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth. (2. July 1679)

New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (18. September 1679)

The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog. (1. June 1679)

King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament. (24. January 1679)

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