April 6 » At the Cape of Good Hope, Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
May 18 » Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
June 20 » Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha is appointed Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
August 16 » Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
September 7 » Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
December 10 » Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
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