February 13 » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
March 1 » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
June 18 » Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
June 22 » The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
October 22 » The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
April 4 » Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
May 25 » Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
May 29 » English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
October 17 » The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
December 8 » A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
December 31 » James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
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