March 10 French King Louis XIV ends office of premier April 23 English king Charles II crowned in London April 29 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan April 30 Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa May 3 Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen May 25 King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca June 5 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge June 21 Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty June 23 Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal July 3 Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II July 16 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm July 27 Parliament confirms Navigation Act August 6 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders September 1 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James September 5 French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested October 1 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James December 20 Corporation Act enforced in England
