- Jan 2 Staatsoper Hamburg opens with Theiles "Adam und Eva"
Pilgrim's Progress
Feb 18 John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in London, by Nathaniel Ponder
- Feb 27 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
- Apr 25 French troops conquer Ypres
- May 3 French conquering fleet at Curacao, 1200 die
- May 11 French admiral Jean d'Estrees' naval fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curacao, ends French control and ushers in an age of Piracy in the Caribbean
Piscopia First Female PhD
Jun 25 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
- Jul 26 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
- Jul 30 English troops land in Flanders
- Aug 3 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America - a brig the Griffon
- Aug 10 Netherlands & France sign peace treaty in Nijmegen
- Aug 14 Battle of Mons - French repulse William of Orange
- Sep 17 France & Spain sign Treaties of Nijmegen
- Sep 29 France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty
- Nov 5 Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
- Nov 30 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
Edmond Halley
Dec 3 Edmond Halley receives MA from The Queen's College, Oxford
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