February 2 New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City February 3 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile February 7 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France February 20 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Admiral Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth March 14 Johan van Galen beats English fleet at Livorno April 20 Cromwell routes English parliament to house May 24 German Parliament selects Ferdinand II king of Austria June 12 Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch July 4 British Barebones Parliament goes into session July 30 Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland July 31 Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux August 10 Sea battle at Heijde, English fleet beats Dutch August 15 Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea October 1 Russian parliament accepts annexation of Ukraine December 1 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes December 12 Barebone-parliament ends December 16 Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector
