January 17 » Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.
April 19 » In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.
May 14 » The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.
June 3 » Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec.
July 3 » Québec City is founded by Samuel de Champlain.
August 24 » The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
January 18 » Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.
March 9 » Safavid troops retreat from Basra, ending a three year occupation.
July 9 » A Bourbon force under Nicolas Catinat withdraws from a smaller Habsburg force under Prince Eugene of Savoy in the Battle of Carpi.
July 24 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founds the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later becomes the city of Detroit.
August 4 » Great Peace of Montreal between New France and First Nations is signed.
September 16 » James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
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