| January 24 | King Charles II disbands English parliament |
| January 31 | Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris |
| February 5 | German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France |
| April 3 | Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig |
| May 27 | Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest and imprisonment) passes in UK |
| June 1 | Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish |
| July 12 | Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act |
| September 18 | New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| October 23 | Meal Tub Plot against James II of England |
| November 3 | Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet |
| November 15 | English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill |
| December 27 | Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java |
