| January 18 | Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama |
| January 27 | Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City |
| April 14 | Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin |
| April 22 | King Charles II sits in on English parliament |
| May 9 | Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels |
| October 25 | Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn |
| November 1 | French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty |
| November 11 | Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine |
