| January 1 | Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York |
| January 22 | Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords |
| January 22 | Prince Willem III calls English parliament together |
| January 26 | Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr |
| January 28 | English parliament ends king Charles II reign |
| February 13 | British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights |
| February 14 | English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne |
| February 15 | German Parliament declares war on France |
| February 23 | Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England |
| March 12 | Former English King James II lands in Ireland |
| March 14 | Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen |
| April 11 | William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain |
| April 15 | French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain |
| April 21 | William III and Mary Stuart proclaimed king and queen of England |
| May 9 | English King Willem III declares war on France |
| May 11 | Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle |
| May 12 | England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg |
| May 24 | English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants |
| May 27 | Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland |
| July 1 | Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan |
| July 12 | Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland |
| July 25 | France declares war on England |
| July 27 | Battle of Killicrankie, Viscount Dundee defeats Whig General MacKay |
| July 27 | Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie |
| August 25 | Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French |
| August 25 | Montreal taken by Iroquois |
| September 1 | Russia began taxing men's beards |
| September 8 | China and Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul) |
| October 6 | Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII |
| October 11 | Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia |
| December 16 | English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution |
| December 22 | Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck |
| December 30 | Henry Purcell and Tates opera "Dido and Aeneas," premieres in Chesea |
