March 1 » Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
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 30 » From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
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).
August 19 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
September 2 » The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
September 3 » The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
September 4 » In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
September 5 » Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
November 28 » At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
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