- Jan 14 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
- Jan 26 Venice, Poland & Austria sign Treaty of Karlowitz with Ottoman Empire, ending the Great Turkish War (1683-97) - 1st time Ottomans concede significant territory
- Feb 4 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
- Mar 4 Jews are expelled from Lübeck, Germany
- Apr 14 Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar
- Jun 11 England, France & Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination Treaty of Spain
Pirate Defeat
Jul 6 Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston
Historic Expedition
Aug 6 HMS Roebuck, captained by William Dampier, lands at Shark Bay, Western Australia on the first British scientific expedition to Australia
Event of Interest
Dec 20 Russian Tsar Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1
