Cavalier Parliament Disbanded
Jan 24 King Charles II disbands the English Cavalier Parliament after 18 years - the longest of any English or British parliament
Halley Meets Hevelius
Apr 3 Edmond Halley meets fellow astronomer Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
- May 27 Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment
- Jun 1 The Scottish Covenanters defeat John Graham of Claverhouse at the Battle of Drumclog
- Jun 22 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scots
- Jul 2 Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth
- Jul 12 Britain's King Charles II ratifies Habeas Corpus Act allowing prisoners right to be imprisoned to be examined by a court
- Sep 18 New Hampshire becomes a county in Massachusetts Bay Colony
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