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Events in August 1680 6
1616 – 1680Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680)Died 24 August 1680, aged 64Dutch Golden Age painter and pupil of Rembrandt, known for his portraits and for large history paintings commissioned for Amsterdam's town hall.
1616 – 1680Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680)Died 24 August 1680, aged 64Dutch Golden Age painter and pupil of Rembrandt, known for his portraits and for large history paintings commissioned for Amsterdam's town hall.
1617 – 1680Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617-1680)Died 28 August 1680, aged 62Elector Palatine who got his electorate back under the Peace of Westphalia and rebuilt the Palatinate after the Thirty Years' War. He was the father of Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans.
1617 – 1680Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617-1680)Died 28 August 1680, aged 62Elector Palatine who got his electorate back under the Peace of Westphalia and rebuilt the Palatinate after the Thirty Years' War. He was the father of Elizabeth Charlotte, Duchess of Orléans.
1618 – 1680Thomas Blood (1618-1680)Died 24 August 1680, aged 62Blood was an Irish-born adventurer notorious for his audacious attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671. Pardoned and later pensioned by Charles II, he died in London on 24 August 1680.
1680Pueblo Revolt BeginsPueblo peoples rise against Spanish colonial rule in New MexicoOn 10 August 1680, Pueblo communities across New Mexico rose in a coordinated revolt against Spanish colonizers, driven by religious suppression and forced labor. The uprising, led in part by the religious leader Pope, killed roughly 400 Spanish settlers and missionaries and forced survivors to abandon Santa Fe by 21 August. Spanish authorities did not reconquer the region until 1692.