January 6 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher) March 4 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania March 10 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania March 21 3rd Exclusion Parliament meets in London July 2 Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason September 30 Netherlands and Sweden sign treaty October 23 French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg October 24 Earl of Shaftesbury accused of high treason in London November 9 Hungarian parliament promises protestants freedom of religion
