| January 21 | 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston |
| February 15 | King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands |
| February 16 | Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower |
| March 13 | Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000 |
| April 11 | Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III |
| April 22 | Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet |
| April 26 | Emperor Leopold I forms University of Innsbruck |
| September 21 | John and Nicolaas van der Heyden patents fire extinguisher |
| November 14 | Prince Willem III Henry marries English princess Mary Stuart |
| November 16 | French troops occupy Freiburg |
| December 12 | Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin |
