Timeline November 1680

Events in November 1680 5

• 1598 – 1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) Died 28 November 1680, aged 81 Bernini was the leading sculptor and architect of the Italian Baroque, shaping St. Peter's Square, the Baldacchino, and numerous fountains and sculptures in Rome. He also served successive popes and European courts as a painter and designer. He died in Rome on 28 November 1680.
• 1618 – 1680 Peter Lely (1618-1680) Died 30 November 1680, aged 62 Dutch-born painter who became the leading portraitist of Restoration England and Principal Painter to Charles II. His series of court beauties, the Windsor Beauties, set the style of English portraiture for a generation.
• 1618 – 1680 Peter Lely (1618-1680) Died 30 November 1680, aged 62 Dutch-born painter who became the leading portraitist of Restoration England and Principal Painter to Charles II. His series of court beauties, the Windsor Beauties, set the style of English portraiture for a generation.
• 1680 Great Comet of 1680 Discovered First comet discovered by telescope German astronomer Gottfried Kirch spotted the comet on 14 November 1680, marking the first comet discovery made using a telescope. Known as Kirch's Comet, it became one of the brightest comets of the 17th century and was later used by Isaac Newton to test and confirm Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
• 1680 Exclusion Bill Rejected by House of Lords English Parliament fails to bar Catholic heir James from the throne On 15 November 1680, the House of Lords voted down the Exclusion Bill, which the Commons had passed to prevent the Catholic James, Duke of York, from inheriting the English throne. The defeat deepened the political crisis dividing the emerging Whig and Tory factions. James succeeded his brother Charles II in 1685.