January 1 Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland February 6 Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris February 13 Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo March 5 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm March 31 Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru July 24 Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va August 13 Litchfield, CT founded September 3 Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists October 9 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off October 17 Future King Charles II flees from England October 27 English troops occupy Limerick Ireland November 7 King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age December 24 John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope December 25 Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
