May 18 » The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
June 23 » Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.
August 28 » Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
September 11 » Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
October 18 » Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
January 17 » During the French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France declares war on Spain.
April 27 » The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world.
May 24 » Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
August 23 » Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.
June 14 » English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
July 2 » Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
July 10 » English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
July 21 » Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
September 13 » Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
September 24 » The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
February 29 » Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins.
May 27 » Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
May 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
June 29 » Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
October 13 » A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
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