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- March 25 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
- April 7 - Fabio Chigi becomes Pope Alexander VII
- April - Admiral Robert Blake severely damages the arsenal of the Bey of Tunis.
- May 7 Pope Alexander VII is chosen to be pope.
- May 10 - English troops land on Jamaica
- August 9 - Oliver Cromwell divides England into districts under major-generals
- New Sweden (Delaware) attacked and captured by Dutch forces.
- The Bibliotheca Thysiana is erected, the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands of a building that was designed as a library.
- Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the throne of Japan
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