- Jan 26 France declares war on England & Munster
- Feb 16 Netherlands & Brandenburg sign treaty
- Apr 18 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Munster
- Jun 4 Battle at Dunkirk: English vs Dutch fleet
- Jun 11 Four Days Battle - naval battle in the southern North Seas during Second Anglo-Dutch War: Dutch victory with ten English ships destroyed [OS 1-4 June]
- Aug 4 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St Christopher; thousands die
- Aug 4 St James' Day naval battle is an English victory against the Dutch during Second Anglo-Dutch War off the Kent coast
- Aug 5 Second day of the St. James' Day Battle (Two Day Battle) English fleet defeat Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter
- Aug 9 Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
The Great Fire of London
Sep 2 Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
- Sep 5 Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
- Sep 6 After St Paul's Cathedral and much of the city had been burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished.
- Sep 16 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi becomes Islamiet
- Oct 25 Brandenburg, Brunswick, Denmark and The Netherlands form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
1st Blood Transfusion Report
Nov 14 English writer Samuel Pepys writes the first report of a blood transfusion (between dogs) in his diary
- Dec 30 Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname
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