The Whig and Tory parties first so named in England.
1681. Strasburg seized by Louis XIV.
A patent by the crown granted to William Penn. See "WILLIAM PENN RECEIVES
THE GRANT OF PENNSYLVANIA," xii, 153.
Renewed persecution of Protestants in France.
First museum of natural history in London.
1682. Attempt of Louis XIV to seize the Duchy of Luxemburg.
Bossuet, in behalf of the French clergy, draws up a declaration which sets forth the liberties of the Gallican Church.
Colonizing of Pennsylvania by William Penn; he founds Philadelphia; also, with other Friends, purchases East Jersey.
Expedition of La Salle to the mouth of the Mississippi. See "DISCOVERY OF
THE MISSISSIPPI," xii, 108.
Death of Czar Feodor III; his sister, Sophia, regent in the name of her brothers Ivan V, of weak intellect, and Peter I (Peter the Great).