In the year 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company - a fur trading business for much of its existence - is founded in England, to operate in Canada (May 2), Spain recognizes Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as English possessions (Jul 18), Spanish frigates attack Charleston, South Carolina (Aug), Louis XIV authorizes the construction of Les Invalides in Paris as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers (Nov 24), the first French settlers arrive in what is to become Senegal, Stenka Rasin begins the Cossack rebellion in Ukraine - and all these fine people were born:

1670-xxxx Simo Tuomaanpoika Arinus** father of Elisabet Simontytär Hällström - Vähäkyrö, Sweden-Finland (c. 1717/42-51) aby 1670-0102 Octavio Broggio* Bohemian architect - Tschischkowitz, (1742/72) 1670-0110 1670-0124 William Congreve* playwright/poet - Bardsey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1729/58) 1670-0126 Jacob van Schuppen* French-Austrian painter - Fontainebleau, Kingdom of France (1751/81) 1670-0131 Jean Terrasson* Catholic priest/author/member of the Académie française - Lyon, Kingdom of France (1750/80) 1670-02xx Olavi Tuomaanpoika Pennala** father of Susanna Olavintytär Saukko - Sweden-Finland (1758/88) 1670-0210 1670-0217 Johann Christoph von Seherr-Thoss* German field marshall - Lissen, Prussia (1743/72) 1670-0225 Maria Margaretha Kirch* astronomer - Panitzsch, Electorate of Saxony (1720/50) 1670-0228 Benjamin Wadsworth* clergyman/educator - Milton, Massachusetts, British America (1737/67) 1670-0325 Petter Hjelm* physician/active in Finland - Växjö, Sweden (1715/45) 1670-05xx Valpuri Taavetintytär Seppänen** (b Yrjänäinen) mother of Maria Tuomaantytär Västilä - Kauhajoki, Sweden-Finland (1744/73) 1670-0508 Charles Beauclerk* soldier/the Duke of St Albans/an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England - England (1726/56) 1670-0512 Augustus II the Strong* King of Poland - Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (1733/62) 1670-0601 1670-0622 Eva von Buttlar* German mystic secretarian - Eisenach, Thuringia (1721/50) 1670-0624 Johan Stiernschantz* (b Wessman) Finnish soldier/commander/ military governor in Astara in Persia - Nyenskans, Ingermanland, Swedish Empire (c.1729/c.59) 1670-0718 Giovanni Bononcini* Italian cellist/composer/teacher - Modena (1747/76) 1670-0719 Olof Celsius* botanist/philologist/clergyman/uncle of Anders Celsius - Uppsala, Sweden (1756/85) 1670-0719 Richard Leveridge* singer/composer/coffee shop owner - St Martin-in-the-Fields (1758/87) 1670-0821 James FitzJames* Anglo-French military leader/illegitimate son of King James II of England - Moulins, Bourbonnais, France (1734/63) 1670-1115 Bernard Mandeville* Anglo-Dutch philosopher/political economist/satirist - Rotterdam, Dutch Republic (1733/62) 1670-1130 John Toland* rationalist philosopher/freethinker/ writer - Ardagh, County Donegal, Ireland (1722/51) 1670-1204 John Aislabie* politician - Ripon, Yorskhire, England (1742/71) 1670-0 1670-0 1670-0 1670-0 1670-0 Updated 13.6.2023-2 Search for more years here