January 14 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish January 24 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris February 16 1st known check (400 pounds) (on display at Westminster Abbey) April 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament May 22 France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty May 25 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector May 31 Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague July 16 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II September 30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.) September 30 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) October 12 English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals October 13 General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt November 7 Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV November 25 Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg December 16 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland December 26 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
