Events
- 1 February - Royal court returns to London after the Great Plague of London.
- 1 June–4 June Second Anglo-Dutch War : Inconclusive Four Days Battle, one of the longest naval engagements in history.
- 25 July - Second Anglo-Dutch War: English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel de Ruyter at St. James's Day Battle.
- 2 September - Great Fire of London: A large fire breaks out in London in the house of Charles II's baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. The fire burns for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral, but only 16 people are known to have died.
- 5 September - Great Fire of London ends. Destruction of overcrowded houses ends Great Plague of London.
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