January 7 – Indian entrepreneur
Virji Vora, described in the 17th century by the English East India Company as the richest merchant in the world, suffers the loss of a large portion of his wealth when the Maratha troops of Shivaji plunder his residence at Surat and his business warehouses.
February 2 –
Jesuit missionary
Johann Grueber arrives in
Rome after a 214-day journey that had started in
Beijing, proving that commerce can be had between Europe and Asia by land rather than ship.
February 12 – The Treaty of Pisa is signed between France and the Papal States to bring an end to the
Corsican Guard Affair that began on August 20, 1662, when the French ambassador was shot and killed by soldiers in the employ of Pope Alexander VII.
March 19 – Polish astronomer
Jan Heweliusz becomes the first native of Poland to be inducted into England's Royal Society.
April–June
April 14 – All grants to the Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique for development of French-claimed islands in the Caribbean Sea are revoked by King
Louis XIV, including the rights to the islands of
Martinique and
Saint Lucia that had been sold to
Marie Bonnard du Parquet prior to her death in 1659.
May 28 – King Louis XIV of France establishes the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales by royal decree to replace the recently cancelled Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique.
June 3 – In the city of
Mantua in
Italy, the world's oldest continuously published private newspaper, Gazzetta di Mantova, publishes its first-known issue. The newspaper would celebrate its 350th anniversary in
2014. [4][5]
June 24 – The
Second Anglo-Dutch War carries over to North America as soldiers of the English Army invade the Dutch colony of
New Netherland, promised by King Charles II of England to his brother, the Duke of York. By October, the Dutch Republic surrenders the colony to the English and New Netherland (and its largest city,
New Amsterdam) are renamed in honor of York.
September 23 – The French Navy ship
Tigre sinks off of the coast of the island of
Sardinia, with the loss of 64 men. Another 58 of the crew are rescued.
October 31 – Surrounded by a
Berber army, the
French Navy evacuates the presidio of
Jijel, a Mediterranean Sea port in what is now the Republic of Algeria, after having captured it from the
Algiers Regency on June 12.
December 20 – All but 3 members of the over 200-person crew of the Dutch ship Kennemerland are killed when the trade ship sinks in a storm near the
Out Skerries islands off of the coast of
Scotland.
^Homberger, Eric (2005). The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History. Owl Books. p. 34.
ISBN0-8050-7842-8.
^Pennington, Reina (2003). Amazons to Fighter Pilots - A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 415.
ISBN0-313-32708-4.
^Askew, Reginald (1997). Muskets and altars: Jeremy Taylor and the last of the Anglicans. London Herndon, VA: Mowbray. p. 178.
ISBN9780264674308.
^Baker, Christopher (2002). Absolutism and the scientific revolution, 1600-1720 : a biographical dictionary. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 150.
ISBN9780313308277.
January 7 – Indian entrepreneur
Virji Vora, described in the 17th century by the English East India Company as the richest merchant in the world, suffers the loss of a large portion of his wealth when the Maratha troops of Shivaji plunder his residence at Surat and his business warehouses.
February 2 –
Jesuit missionary
Johann Grueber arrives in
Rome after a 214-day journey that had started in
Beijing, proving that commerce can be had between Europe and Asia by land rather than ship.
February 12 – The Treaty of Pisa is signed between France and the Papal States to bring an end to the
Corsican Guard Affair that began on August 20, 1662, when the French ambassador was shot and killed by soldiers in the employ of Pope Alexander VII.
March 19 – Polish astronomer
Jan Heweliusz becomes the first native of Poland to be inducted into England's Royal Society.
April–June
April 14 – All grants to the Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique for development of French-claimed islands in the Caribbean Sea are revoked by King
Louis XIV, including the rights to the islands of
Martinique and
Saint Lucia that had been sold to
Marie Bonnard du Parquet prior to her death in 1659.
May 28 – King Louis XIV of France establishes the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales by royal decree to replace the recently cancelled Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique.
June 3 – In the city of
Mantua in
Italy, the world's oldest continuously published private newspaper, Gazzetta di Mantova, publishes its first-known issue. The newspaper would celebrate its 350th anniversary in
2014. [4][5]
June 24 – The
Second Anglo-Dutch War carries over to North America as soldiers of the English Army invade the Dutch colony of
New Netherland, promised by King Charles II of England to his brother, the Duke of York. By October, the Dutch Republic surrenders the colony to the English and New Netherland (and its largest city,
New Amsterdam) are renamed in honor of York.
September 23 – The French Navy ship
Tigre sinks off of the coast of the island of
Sardinia, with the loss of 64 men. Another 58 of the crew are rescued.
October 31 – Surrounded by a
Berber army, the
French Navy evacuates the presidio of
Jijel, a Mediterranean Sea port in what is now the Republic of Algeria, after having captured it from the
Algiers Regency on June 12.
December 20 – All but 3 members of the over 200-person crew of the Dutch ship Kennemerland are killed when the trade ship sinks in a storm near the
Out Skerries islands off of the coast of
Scotland.
^Homberger, Eric (2005). The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History. Owl Books. p. 34.
ISBN0-8050-7842-8.
^Pennington, Reina (2003). Amazons to Fighter Pilots - A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 415.
ISBN0-313-32708-4.
^Askew, Reginald (1997). Muskets and altars: Jeremy Taylor and the last of the Anglicans. London Herndon, VA: Mowbray. p. 178.
ISBN9780264674308.
^Baker, Christopher (2002). Absolutism and the scientific revolution, 1600-1720 : a biographical dictionary. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 150.
ISBN9780313308277.