January 1 Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands January 5 Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg January 8 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) January 31 Cornelia/Dina Olfaarts found not guilty of witchcraft February 21 Prince Willem III appointed viceroy of Gelderland March 2 Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel March 4 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England June 20 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom June 22 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II June 25 Battle at Rathenow: Brandenburgers beat Sweden June 28 Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden August 6 Russian Czar Aleksei bans foreign hairs cut August 10 King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich August 10 Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam September 6 Swedish Admiral Stenbock sails out with fleet of 66 ships September 9 New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians October 4 Christian Huygens patents pocket watch November 4 Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam November 14 Pope Clemens X declares Gorcumse martyrs divine November 22 English king Charles II adjourns parliament
