May 12 » French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
May 28 » The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
July 29 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
July 31 » The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
August 8 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
April 5 » In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.
July 6 » Raid on Żejtun: The south east of Malta, and the town of Żejtun, suffer a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta.
August 22 » Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.
October 11 » The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.
October 31 » First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.
November 8 » Japanese daimyō Dom Justo Takayama is exiled to the Philippines by shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu for being Christian.
March 8 » Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
June 3 » Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
July 31 » Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
September 3 » The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
September 17 » The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
October 29 » Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound.
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