| January 6 | 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) |
| March 4 | King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania |
| March 10 | English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania |
| March 21 | 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London |
| July 2 | Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason |
| September 30 | Netherlands and Sweden sign treaty |
| October 23 | French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg |
| October 24 | Earl of Shaftesbury accused of high treason in London |
| November 9 | Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion |
