| January 24 | Duke of Orleans joins Fronde rebels |
| April 6 | Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established |
| April 6 | John of Riebeeck lands/establishes VOC-post in Capetown |
| April 7 | Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa |
| May 2 | Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik |
| May 4 | Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels |
| May 10 | John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va |
| May 13 | Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki |
| May 18 | Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal |
| May 19 | Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen |
| May 29 | English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp |
| June 10 | In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America |
| June 27 | New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US |
| July 4 | Prince of Conde starts blood bath in Paris |
| July 6 | Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns |
| July 10 | England declares war on Netherlands |
| July 25 | Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian-orthodox church |
| August 26 | Sea battle at Plymouth: Ayscue vs De Ruyter |
| September 7 | Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English |
| September 16 | Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk |
| September 28 | English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock |
| October 13 | Prince of Conde flees Paris |
| October 21 | King Louis XIV returns to Paris |
| December 10 | Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet |
