May 25 King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Bragança

May 03 Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen

Apr 29 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan

Apr 23 King Charles II crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland

Sep 01 The first Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James

Jun 05 Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge

Dec 18 The "S.S.Elizabeth" of Burntisland lost off the English coast with the Scottish records aboard, being returned from London to which they had been taken by Oliver Cromwell.

Oct 01 Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James

Jul 27 Parliament confirms the Navigation Act

Jul 16 The Bank of Stockholm issues Europe's first bank notes

Mar 10 French King Louis XIV ends office of premier