- Jan 23 England, Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
Event of Interest
Mar 27 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company
Charles II
- Apr 13 John Dryden (36) appointed first English poet laureate by Charles II
- May 2 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1st peace of Aachen: ends War of Devolution, French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
Isaac Newton
- Aug 15 Confederation of the Rhine disbands
- Sep 16 King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France
- Sep 19 Polish King John II Casimir Vasa resigns and goes to France the following year
- Oct 9 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish governor Jose de Paternina
- Oct 23 Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade
- Dec 13 Jean Racine's "Britannicus" premieres in Paris