Victory in Battle
Jun 14 Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: "New Model Army" under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I
- Jun 23 Cretan War begins with attack by Ottoman navy on Venetian-held coast of Crete (war lasts till 1669)
- Jul 10 Battle at Langport, Somerset: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army beats Royalists
- Jul 13 Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as Tsar of Russia
- Jul 21 Manchu Prince Grogon issues edict that all Han Chinese men shave front of their head and wear hair in queues in the Manchu style
- Aug 3 Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
- Aug 13 Sweden & Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro
- Aug 30 Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
- Sep 11 Thomas Fairfax's New Model Army occupies Bristol
Historic Event
Oct 8 First hospital in Montreal, Quebec founded, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal by nurse Jeanne Mance
Victory in Battle
Nov 4 Prince Frederick Henry conquers Hulst