April - Battle of Saraighat. The Ahom general Lachit Borphukan defeated the Mughal forces on the outskirts of present day Guwahati of then soveriegn Assam.
May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.