| January 18 | French Prince Louis II of Conde captured |
| April 20 | VOC-management sets new guidelines |
| April 27 | Scottish general Montrose defeated |
| April 30 | French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain |
| July 30 | Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam |
| August 3 | Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army |
| September 3 | Battle at Dunbar: England vs Scotland |
| September 29 | 2nd Fronde-uprising ends |
| September 29 | Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England) |
| December 21 | Johan de Witt installed as Dutch pension advisor of Dordrecht |
