What happened 1667 AD

Biblioteca Alessandrina with which Pope Alexander VII endowed the University of Rome.

The 1667 Shamakhi earthquake occurred on 25 November 1667 with an epicenter close to the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan (then part of Safavid Iran). It had an estimated surface wave magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. An estimated 80,000 people died.

Asano Naganori was born in Edo, Japan.

The German composer Ludwig Ernst was born in Gotha.