April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
May 30 » Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
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.
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