| March 10 | French King Louis XIV ends office of premier |
| April 23 | English king Charles II crowned in London |
| April 29 | Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan |
| April 30 | Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa |
| May 3 | Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen |
| May 25 | King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca |
| June 5 | Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge |
| June 21 | Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty |
| June 23 | Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal |
| July 3 | Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II |
| July 16 | 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm |
| July 27 | Parliament confirms Navigation Act |
| August 6 | Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders |
| September 1 | 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James |
| September 5 | French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested |
| October 1 | Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James |
| December 20 | Corporation Act enforced in England |
