- Jan 14 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"
- Jan 26 Venice, Poland & Austria sign Treaty of Karlowitz with Ottoman Empire, ending the Great Turkish War (1683-97) - 1st time Ottomans concede significant territory
- Feb 4 350 rebellious Streltsi executed in Moscow
- Mar 2 French Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville is the first European to discover the mouth of the Mississippi river [1]
- Mar 4 Jews are expelled from residing in Lübeck, Germany
- Apr 14 Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar
- Jun 11 England, France & Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination Treaty of Spain
Captain Kidd Captured
Jul 6 Pirate Captain William Kidd is captured in Boston
Dampier Lands at Shark Bay
Aug 6 HMS Roebuck, captained by William Dampier, lands at Shark Bay, Western Australia on the first British scientific expedition to Australia
Russian New Year Changed
Dec 20 Russian Tsar Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed from Sept 1 to Jan 1
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