| April 4 | King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church |
| July 2 | King James II disbands English parliament |
| July 5 | Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England |
| July 6 | Newton publishes "Principia" |
| August 12 | Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders |
| August 12 | Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed at Battle of Mohacs |
| September 26 | Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians |
| September 28 | Venetians take Athens from the Turks |
| October 11 | Hungary accepts Habsburgse sovereignty |
| November 10 | Pope Innocent XI publishes decree Coelestis pastor |
| December 31 | 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope |
