| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 24 |
Duke of Orleans joins Fronde rebels |
Apr 6 |
Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck |
Apr 7 |
Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa |
May 4 |
Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels |
May 10 |
John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va |
May 13 |
Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki |
May 18 |
Rhode Island enacts 1st law declaring slavery illegal |
May 19 |
Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen |
May 29 |
Battle of Goodwin Sands, off Folkestone, Kent: English 'General at Sea' Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp |
Jun 10 |
In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America |
Jun 27 |
New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America |
Jul 4 |
Prince of Condé starts blood bath in Paris |
Jul 6 |
Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns) |
Jul 10 |
England declares war on Netherlands |
Jul 25 |
Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian-orthodox church |
Aug 26 |
Battle of Plymouth: General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England attacked a convoy of the Dutch Republic commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter. Dutch victory |
Sep 7 |
Battle of Monte Christo: Dutch fleet under J van Galen beat English |
Sep 16 |
Spanish troops occupy Dunkirk |
Sep 28 |
English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock |
Oct 13 |
Prince of Condé flees Paris |
Oct 21 |
King Louis XIV returns to Paris |
Dec 10 |
Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet |
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