Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1666
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Literature
Theatre
- Molière, The Misanthrope and Le médecin
malgré lui (The Doctor in Spite of Himself)
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Sir Isaac Newton develops the calculus
- Sir Isaac Newton determines the laws of gravity
- France founds its own Academy of Sciences
Politics & Law
- France and Holland declare war on England
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
Miscellaneous
- September 2: Great Fire of London begins, lasting four days and
destroying eighty-seven churches (including old St. Paul's) and thirteen
thousand churches
- The University of Lund in Sweden is founded
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