- Jan 23 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians in English Civil War
- Feb 25 Pavonia Massacre: Dutch US colonists kill 120 Algonquin Native Americans at Communipaw (New Jersey)
- Apr 27 Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez" premieres in Madrid
- May 8 Lady Blanche Arundell, surrenders Wardour Castle, which she had led the defense of against siege by Parliamentarian forces [1]
- May 10 Essex County, Massachusetts is founded, which contains the town of Salem in which the notorious witch-trials will occur in 1692
- May 13 Battle of Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
- May 13 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
- May 19 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
- May 19 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England
- Jun 15 Able Tasman returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania and New Zealand and completing (without realising it) a circumnavigation of Australia
- Jun 18 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert defeats Parliamentarian armies
- Jun 30 Battle of Adwalton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary army during First English Civil war
- Jul 5 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
- Jul 13 Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies
Battle of Gainsborough
Jul 27 Oliver Cromwell defeats Royalists at Battle of Gainsborough
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