1671

Events

• May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.

Births

• March 7 - Rob Roy (d. 1734)
• June 11 - Colley Cibber, English poet (d. 1757)
• June 14 - Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (d. 1751)
• October 11 - King Frederick IV of Denmark
• Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)

Deaths