Event of Interest
Jan 24 King Charles II disbands English parliament
- Feb 5 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
Meeting of Interest
Apr 3 Edmond Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
- May 27 Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment
- Jun 1 The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog
- Jun 22 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scots
- Jul 2 Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth
- Jul 12 Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined by a court
- Sep 18 New Hampshire becomes a county in Massachusetts Bay Colony
