| January 1 | Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands |
| January 5 | Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg |
| January 8 | 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) |
| January 31 | Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft |
| February 21 | Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland |
| March 2 | Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel |
| March 4 | John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England |
| June 20 | Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom |
| June 22 | Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II |
| June 25 | Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden |
| June 28 | Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden |
| August 6 | Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut |
| August 10 | King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
| August 10 | Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam |
| September 6 | Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships |
| September 9 | New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians |
| October 4 | Christian Huygens patents pocket watch |
| November 4 | Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam |
| November 14 | Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine |
| November 22 | English king Charles II adjourns parliament |
