May 17 Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi

Jan 01 Regular mail delivery begins between New York & Boston

Jan 13 Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris

Feb 21 Michiel A de Ruyter appointed Lieutenant-Admiral-General of Dutch fleet

Feb 20 First recorded wine auction held (London)

Aug 09 Dutch recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674

Jul 24 Edmund Halley enters Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate

Mar 29 English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholic excluded of public functions

Mar 29 English King Charles II accepts Test Act Roman Catholic excluded of public functions

Mar 18 Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers