- Jan 4 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire
Peter the Great to England
Jan 7 Russian Tsar Peter the Great departs Netherlands for England
Notre Dame of Montreal
Jul 1 Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal founded by Marguerite Bourgeoys canonically constituted a community [1]
- Jul 2 English engineer Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine
- Jul 14 The Darien scheme begins with five ships, bearing about 1,200 people, departing Leith for the Isthmus of Panama
- Aug 18 Russian Tsar Peter the Great arrives in Zaandam
- Aug 25 Tsar Peter the Great returns to Moscow after trip through Western Europe
- Sep 5 Russian Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
- Oct 11 France, England & Netherlands ratified the First Partition Treaty, which eventually led to the War of the Spanish Succession
- Nov 2 Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the ill-fated 'Darien Venture' colony
- Nov 14 Spanish king Carlos appoints grandson prince Jozef Ferdinand as heir
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