Mar 01 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, &Tituba arrest for witchcraft (Salem MA)

Mar 26 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands

Mar 22 Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king

Sep 22 Last person hanged for witchcraft in US

Feb 28 Salem witch hunt begins

Feb 13 MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III

Feb 29 Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem

Feb 13 Under orders from King William a Royalist force, under the command of Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, carried out the Massacre of Glencoe which resulted in the death of 38 MacIan MacDonalds.

May 29 Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France

May 29 Royal Hospital Founders Day first celebrated

May 29 Battle at La Hogue English & Dutch fleet beat France

Jul 10 Bridget Bishop first Salem witch hung

Jun 07 Porte Royale Jamaica slides into harbor after earthquake