| February 14 | Roman Catholic emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna |
| February 17 | France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty |
| February 27 | Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I |
| April 29 | Pope Clemens X elected |
| May 2 | King Charles II charters Hudson Bay Company |
| June 1 | English king Charles II and French king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty |
| July 25 | Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna |
| July 25 | Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Netherlands |
| July 25 | Vienna Austria expels Jews |
| October 1 | Battle at Simbirsk a/d Wolga: Russian army beats Boers |
| November 28 | Pierre Corneille's "Tite et Berenice," premieres in Paris |
| December 31 | France and England sign Boyne-treaty |
