May 23 King Afonso VI of Portugal flees

May 24 French troops attack into Southern Netherlands

Jan 20 The Treaty of Andrussovo ends a 13-year war between Russia and Poland which cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and the eastern Ukraine to Russia.

Jan 03 Russia &Poland sign Truce of Androsovo

Jan 03 Russia &Poland sign Truce of Androsovo

Jan 30 Treaty of Andrussovo Russia &Poland sign peace treaty

Feb 27 Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname

Feb 09 Treaty of Andrussovo Russia/Poland signs peace treaty

Feb 25 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River

Feb 28 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands

Apr 09 First public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris)

Apr 09 First ever public art exhibition opens in Paris

Aug 27 Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)

Oct 18 Brooklyn is chartered under the name Brueckelen by the governor of New Netherlands Mathias Nicolls

Jul 21 The Treaties of Breda signed, ended the second Anglo-Dutch war after a Dutch fleet has broken the chain in England's Medway River, reached Chatham, and captured the flagship Royal Charles.

Mar 31 France/England sign anti-Dutch military accord