| January 23 | Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament |
| January 30 | King Charles I handed over to English parliament |
| January 30 | Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for 40 pounds |
| March 25 | Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay |
| May 23 | Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland |
| May 26 | Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony |
| June 4 | British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner |
| June 24 | Lord Baltimore's niece ejected requesting vote at Maryland Council |
| July 7 | People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples |
| September 1 | French cardinal Mazarin and duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan |
| November 11 | Massachusetts passes 1st U.S. compulsory school attendance law |
