| January 6 | Emperor Leopold's son Jozef chosen Roman Catholic king |
| January 14 | Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany |
| January 22 | Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French |
| February 3 | 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass) |
| February 8 | French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire |
| February 8 | Lord Halifax resigns as Lord Privy Seal |
| March 16 | French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland |
| May 11 | English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal Nova Scotia |
| May 20 | England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II |
| June 11 | English king Willem III departs to Ireland |
| June 24 | King Willem III's army lands at Carrickfergus Ireland |
| June 30 | Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet |
| July 1 | Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland |
| July 1 | Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army |
| July 10 | Battle of Beachy Head-French fleet defeat Anglo-Dutch fleet |
| July 10 | Netherlands-French sea battle at Beachy Head (Cornelis Evertsen) |
| July 11 | Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Netherlands-England) beat Jacobus II (Ire) |
| July 12 | Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II |
| August 1 | Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye |
| August 24 | Job Charnock founds Calcutta India |
| September 6 | King Willem III escapes back to England |
| September 25 | Publick Occurrences, 1st U.S. (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st and last ed |
| October 7 | English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade |
| October 8 | Turkish troops occupy Belgrade |
| October 23 | Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking |
| December 10 | Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money |
| December 23 | John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered |
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