Timeline April 1680

Events in April 1680 5

• 1630 – 1680 Shivaji (1630-1680) Died 3 April 1680, aged 50 Shivaji founded the Maratha Empire in western India, carving out an independent Hindu state through decades of warfare against the Mughal Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur. He was crowned Chhatrapati (sovereign) in 1674 and built a strong administrative and naval system. He died at Raigad Fort on 3 April 1680.
• 1656 – 1680 Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) Died 17 April 1680, aged 24 Mohawk-Algonquin convert to Catholicism who lived at the Jesuit mission of Kahnawake in New France. In 2012 she became the first Indigenous North American to be canonised as a saint.
• 1656 – 1680 Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) Died 17 April 1680, aged 24 Mohawk-Algonquin convert to Catholicism who lived at the Jesuit mission of Kahnawake in New France. In 2012 she became the first Indigenous North American to be canonised as a saint.
• 1680 London Penny Post Established William Dockwra launches a cheap prepaid city post William Dockwra and Robert Murray set up a postal service that carried letters and small parcels anywhere in London and its suburbs for one penny. Postage was prepaid and stamped to show the time and place of posting. The Crown took the profitable service over in 1682 as part of its postal monopoly.
• 1680 London Penny Post Established William Dockwra launches a cheap prepaid city post William Dockwra and Robert Murray set up a postal service that carried letters and small parcels anywhere in London and its suburbs for one penny. Postage was prepaid and stamped to show the time and place of posting. The Crown took the profitable service over in 1682 as part of its postal monopoly.