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=== January–March ===
* [[January 2]] &ndash; Pirate [[Henry Morgan]] of Wales holds a meeting of his captains on board his ship, the former Royal Navy frigate ''Oxford'', and an explosion in the ship's gunpowder supply kills 200 of his crew and four of the pirate captains who had attended the summit.<ref>David Cordingly, ''Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates'' (Random House, 1996) p. 48</ref>  
* [[January 4]] &ndash; A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the city of [[Shamakhi]] in Iran (now in Azerbaijan) and kills 7,000 people. Fourteen months earlier, an [[1667 Shamakhi earthquake|earthquake in Shamakhi killed 80,000 people]].
* [[February 13]] &ndash; The first performance of the ''Ballet de Flore'', a joint collaboration of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] and [[Isaac de Benserade]] is given, premiering at the [[Palais du Louvre]] in Paris. King [[Louis XIV]] finances the performance and even appears in a minor role in the production as a dancer.<ref>Christiane Aulanier, ''Le Pavillon de Flore'' (Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1971) p. 20</ref>
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Isaac Newton]] writes his first description of his new invention, the [[reflecting telescope]].<ref>Alfred Rupert Hall, ''Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought'' (Cambridge University Press, 1996) p. 67</ref> 
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Mount Etna]] [[1669 Etna eruption|erupts]], destroying the Sicilian town of [[Nicolosi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Etna {{!}} Eruptions, History, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Etna |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=7 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> 
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Radu Leon]] is deposed by the Ottoman Sultan as [[List of rulers of Wallachia|Prince]] of [[Wallachia]] (now part of [[Romania]] and is replaced by [[Antonie Vodă din Popești]].