- Jan 3 Resistance of Androsovo in Russia-Poland
- Jan 20 Treaty of Andrussovo ends 13 year war between Poland & Russia
- Jan 30 Treaty/Truce of Andrusovo signed between Tsardom of Russia & Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Feb 9 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland signs peace treaty
- Feb 25 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River
- Feb 27 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
- Feb 28 English colony Suriname comes under Dutch controls
- Mar 31 France & England sign anti-Dutch military accord
- Apr 6 An earthquake devastates Dubrovnik, then an independent city-state
- Apr 9 1st public art exhibition at the Palais-Royale in Paris
Milton Sells Paradise Lost
Apr 27 Blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sells the copyright of "Paradise Lost" for £10 [1]
Margaret Cavendish
May 30 Margaret Cavendish is the first woman to attend a meeting of the Royal Society, watching demonstrations by Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke [1]
- Jun 12 Raid on the Medway: Dutch fleet sails up the Medway destroying British naval ships and capturing the flagship HMS Royal Charles
- Jun 15 1st fully documented human blood transfusion is performed by French physician, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, when a small amount of sheep blood is transfused into a 15-year old boy, who survives the procedure
- Jun 21 Raid of the Medway: Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies the town of Sheerness in England
- Jul 31 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends
- Aug 5 State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict
- Oct 18 English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
- Oct 26 Arung Palakka's Bugis forces occupy Makassar, southern Sulawesi
Andromaque
Nov 7 Jean Racine's "Andromaque" premieres in Paris
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