January 11 » Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
January 23 » The Royal Exchange opens in London.
June 24 » Miguel López de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
July 28 » La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.
September 7 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is arrested for his role in the Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
October 7 » The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.
April 15 » Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
May 17 » Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
September 6 » England's Parliament bans public stage-plays.
November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
December 13 » Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.
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