January 28 » Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.
June 10 » Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
August 12 » The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.
August 13 » The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister.
March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
May 19 » The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
July 31 » Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
August 23 » Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
December 18 » The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
January 2 » Trunajaya rebellion: Amangkurat II of Mataram and his bodyguards execute the rebel leader Trunajaya. a month after the rebel leader was captured by the Dutch East India Company.
August 10 » The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
August 21 » Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.
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