May 04 Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels

May 10 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton VA

May 18 Rhode Island enacts first law declaring slavery illegal

May 29 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant-Admiral Tromp

May 13 Ingen Ryuki invited to become the abbot of Sofokuji temple in Nagasaki

May 19 Spanish troops occupy Grevelingen

May 02 Frederik Hendriks daughter Albertine Agnes marries Willem Frederik

May 04 Battle at Etampes French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels

Jan 24 Duke of Orléans joins Fronde rebels

Apr 07 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa White Dutch, that is

Apr 07 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, S Africa

Nov 30 Dutch defeat English fleet off Dungeness, England.