January 18 Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama January 27 Pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City April 14 Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin April 22 King Charles II sits in on English parliament May 9 Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels October 25 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn November 1 French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty November 11 Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine
