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.)
May 30 » The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
July 19 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
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.
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.
May 29 » Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
June 3 » Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
June 25 » Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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.
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