30 July (9 August New Style) – Third Anglo-Dutch War: a Dutch fleet retakes New York in the American colonies, renaming it New Orange.
11 August (21 August New Style) – Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Texel (Kijkduin) – The Dutch fleet again defeats the Anglo-French, preventing England's Blackheath Army from landing in Zeeland.
23 November – the widowed James, Duke of York, the King's brother and heir, marries Mary of Modena;[3] they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in Dover.
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