February 5 » Charles Stuart, the son of King Charles I, is declared King Charles II of England and Scotland by the Scottish Parliament.
March 19 » The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
May 19 » An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
September 2 » The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
October 11 » Cromwell's New Model Army Sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
October 19 » New Ross town in Ireland surrenders to Oliver Cromwell.
May 2 » King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America.
June 1 » In Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, which will force England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
June 15 » The first stone of Fort Ricasoli is laid down in Malta.
December 31 » The expedition of John Narborough leaves Corral Bay having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.
March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
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