| January 2 | Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva" |
| February 18 | John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published |
| February 27 | Earl of Shaftesbury freed out of London Tower |
| April 25 | French troops conquer Ypres |
| May 3 | French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die |
| May 11 | French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao |
| May 17 | King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty |
| May 31 | Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes |
| July 26 | England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France |
| July 30 | English troops lands in Flanders |
| August 3 | Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon |
| August 10 | Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen |
| August 14 | Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange |
| September 17 | France and Spain signs peace treaty |
| September 28 | "Pilgrim's Progress" published |
| September 29 | France and Brandenburg signs peace treaty |
| November 5 | Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden |
| November 30 | Roman Catholics banned from English parliament |
| December 3 | Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford |
