| January 19 | King Louis XIV and Emperor Leopold I sign treaty dividing Spain |
| January 23 | England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French |
| February 7 | Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace" |
| February 13 | Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal |
| February 23 | Fire in Wiener Hofburg in Vienna, emperor Leopold I rescued |
| March 25 | 1st horse race in America takes place |
| March 26 | England takes control of Bombay India |
| March 27 | English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company |
| April 13 | John Dryden (36) becomes 1st English poet laureate |
| May 2 | 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands |
| May 2 | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Devolution |
| July 7 | Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge |
| July 13 | Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna |
| August 15 | Rijnbond disbands |
| September 16 | King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France |
| September 19 | Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France |
| October 9 | Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina |
| October 23 | Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade |
| December 13 | Jean Racines "Britannicus," premieres in Paris |
