- Jan 23 England, Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
Ballet of Peace
Feb 7 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
Bombay to East India Company
Mar 27 English King Charles II grants Royal Charter giving control of Bombay, India to the English East India Company
- Apr 13 John Dryden, aged 36, appointed the first English Poet Laureate by King Charles II
- May 2 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1st peace of Aachen: ends War of Devolution, French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
Isaac Newton Graduates
Jul 7 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
- Jul 13 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
- Aug 15 Confederation of the Rhine disbands
- Sep 16 Polish King John II Casimir Vasa resigns and goes to France the following year
- Sep 29 English expedition to Hudson Bay led by Frenchman Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers arrives at Nemiscau (Rupert) River aboard the Nonsuch (beginning of Hudson Bay Company) [1]
- Oct 9 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish governor Jose de Paternina
- Oct 23 Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade
Britannicus
Dec 13 Jean Racine's tragic play "Britannicus" premieres in Paris
Authors
Civil Rights Activists
Inventors
Kings
Revolutionaries
Scientists