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1682

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 16th century17th century18th century
Decades: 1650s  1660s  1670s  – 1680s –  1690s  1700s  1710s
Years: 1679 1680 168116821683 1684 1685
1682 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1682
MDCLXXXII
Ab urbe condita2435
Armenian calendar1131
ԹՎ ՌՃԼԱ
Assyrian calendar6432
Balinese saka calendar1603–1604
Bengali calendar1089
Berber calendar2632
English Regnal year33 Cha. 2 – 34 Cha. 2
Buddhist calendar2226
Burmese calendar1044
Byzantine calendar7190–7191
Chinese calendar辛酉(Metal Rooster)
4378 or 4318
    — to —
壬戌年 (Water Dog)
4379 or 4319
Coptic calendar1398–1399
Discordian calendar2848
Ethiopian calendar1674–1675
Hebrew calendar5442–5443
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1738–1739
 - Shaka Samvat1603–1604
 - Kali Yuga4782–4783
Holocene calendar11682
Igbo calendar682–683
Iranian calendar1060–1061
Islamic calendar1092–1094
Japanese calendarTenna 2
(天和2年)
Javanese calendar1604–1605
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4015
Minguo calendar230 before ROC
民前230年
Nanakshahi calendar214
Thai solar calendar2224–2225
Tibetan calendar阴金鸡年
(female Iron-Rooster)
1808 or 1427 or 655
    — to —
阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
1809 or 1428 or 656

1682 (MDCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1682nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 682nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1682, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

  • March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England.
  • April 7 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, exploring rivers in America, reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River.
  • April 9 – At the mouth of the Mississippi River, near modern Venice, Louisiana, Robert de La Salle buries an engraved plate and a cross, claiming the territory as "La Louisiane" for France.
  • May 6Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles.
  • May 7 – Official beginning of the reign of Peter the Great.
  • May 11 – Moscow Uprising of 1682: a mob takes over the Kremlin and lynches the leading boyars and military commanders.
  • July 19 – Iyasus succeeds his father Yohannes I as Emperor of Ethiopia.
  • August 12Vesuvius begins a period of volcanic activity lasting for ten days.
  • September – Halley's comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmond Halley himself.
  • September 14 – Bishop Gore School in Swansea, Wales is founded.
  • October 27 – The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn.
  • October 31 – The city of Bideford, England two men and one woman were some of the last to be executed for witchcraft in England. They were accused of speaking in unknown languages as well as practicing knowledge beyond their natural abilities, and acting in peculiar manners. The woman, Guenevere Damascus, as well as her lover (name unknown) and their spiritual mentor were burned at the stake.