- Jan 7 Fire after heavy storm destroys two thirds of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 person dies
- Jan 26 Portuguese troops conquer last Dutch base on Recife
- Apr 12 Ordinance of Union between England and Scotland passed by the Council of State
- Apr 15 England & Netherlands sign peace treaty
- Apr 21 England & Sweden sign trade agreement
- Apr 26 Jews are expelled from Brazil
- May 3 Bridge at Rowley, Massachusetts begins charging tolls for animals
- May 13 Venetian fleet under Norwegian Admiral Cort Adeler beats Turkish fleet the near the Dardanelles, sinking 15 Turkish galleys
- May 31 Swedish forces take Dutch-held fort of Fort Casimir on the Delaware River without resistance after the fort runs out of gunpowder [1]
- Jun 6 Queen Christina of Sweden resigns and converts to Catholicism
World's Oldest Treaty
Jul 20 Anglo-Portuguese treaty is reinforced, England guarantees Portugal’s independence and receives trade concessions
- Aug 5 French troops occupy Stenay during Franco-Spanish war
- Aug 22 Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists
- Aug 25 Battle of Arras: Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, failed to take Arras and withdrew to Cambrai.
- Sep 16 Russian troops occupy Smolensk in Poland
- Sep 25 England & Denmark sign trade agreement
- Oct 12 The Delft Explosion (gunpowder) devastates the city of Delft in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people
- Oct 15 Prince William of Orange appointed viceroy of Overijssel
- Nov 21 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
Pascal's Vision
Nov 23 French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life.