| February 27 | Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-Admiral De Ruyter beats English |
| March 4 | English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands |
| March 6 | Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing |
| March 11 | NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights |
| May 5 | Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow |
| May 15 | Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme |
| May 31 | Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah |
| June 3 | Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft |
| June 6 | Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese army beat Spain |
| June 12 | English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out |
| June 13 | Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch |
| June 17 | Battle at Viciosa: English and Portuguese army beat Spain |
| August 2 | French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers |
| August 12 | English fleet beat Dutch fleet |
| August 27 | "Ye Bare and Ye Cubb" is 1st play, performed in North America (Acomac, Va) |
| September 22 | Molieres "L'amour Medecin," premieres in Paris |
| November 7 | 1st edition of "London Gazette" |
| December 4 | Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris |
| December 11 | "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna |
| December 30 | "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople |
