| January 18 | English king Willem III travels to The Hague |
| February 17 | Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service |
| April 9 | French troops occupy Mons |
| June 12 | Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII |
| July 12 | Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII |
| July 12 | Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II |
| July 22 | Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France |
| August 16 | Yorktown Virginia founded |
| August 19 | Battle at Szalankemen: Austrians beat Turks |
| September 17 | Colony Massachusetts Bay gets new charter |
| October 3 | English and Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland |
| October 17 | New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth |
| December 4 | Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania |
| December 4 | Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands |
