| March 31 | Emperor Leopold I/Poland signs covenant against Turkey |
| May 21 | West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname |
| June 12 | Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered |
| June 23 | William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken" |
| July 16 | Turkish troops under Kara Mustafa attain Vienna |
| July 24 | 1st settlers from Germany to U.S., leave aboard Concord |
| July 28 | Anne Stuart marries prince Georges of Denmark |
| September 3 | Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna |
| September 6 | Le Plecta appointed French minister of Finance |
| September 9 | Expelled Polish and Lotharings reach Wienerwald |
| September 12 | Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski |
| September 15 | Germantown Pennsylvania founded by 13 immigrant families |
| September 17 | Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria |
| September 24 | King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America |
| November 16 | Hendrik Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz marries Henriette Amalia |
| November 22 | Purcells "Welcome to All the Pleasures," premieres in London |
| December 25 | English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland |
