January 21 Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army March 6 King Louis XIV and Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant March 12 1st naturalization act in American colonies March 12 New Jersey becomes a British colony March 24 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island April 6 France and Saksen sign alliance May 14 Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers May 28 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston) June 4 Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans June 6 New Amsterdam renamed New York City June 15 New Jersey established July 23 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston July 31 Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris August 1 Battle at St. Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Koprulu August 10 Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vasvar August 29 Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam September 8 Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers September 20 Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women and black men September 24 Dutch Fort Orange (Albany New York) surrenders to English December 15 English colonizing Connecticut
