Editing 1667 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Aurangzeb]], monarch of the [[Mughal Empire]], orders the removal of Rao Karan Singh as Maharaja of the [[Bikaner State]] (part of the modern-day [[Rajasthan]] state of India) because of Karan's dereliction of duty in battle.
* [[January 19]] &ndash; The town of [[Anzonico]] in [[Switzerland]] is destroyed by an [[avalanche]]. 
* [[January 27]] &ndash; The 2,000 seat [[Opernhaus am Taschenberg]], a theater in [[Dresden]] (capital of the [[Electorate of Saxony]]) opens with its first production, [[Pietro Andrea Ziani|Pietro Ziani]]'s opera ''Il teseo''.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; In the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]], the English Royal Navy warship [[HMS Saint Patrick|HMS ''Saint Patrick'']] is captured less than nine months after being launched, when it fights a battle off the coast of England and [[North Foreland|North Foreland, Kent]].  Captain Robert Saunders and 8 of his crew are killed while fighting the Dutch ships ''Delft'' and ''Shakerlo''.  The Dutch Navy renames the ship the ''Zwanenburg''.<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Brian Lavery|first=Brian|last=Lavery|title=The Ship of the Line – Volume '''1''': The Development of the Battlefleet, 1650-1850|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|year=1983|page=161}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] (January 27 O.S.) &ndash; The [[Treaty of Andrusovo]] is signed during the [[Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)|Russo-Polish War]]. Poland cedes eastern [[Ukraine]], including [[Kyiv]] and [[Smolensk]], to Russia, ending Poland's status as a major Central European [[Power (international relations)|power]].
* [[February 8]] &ndash; The first part of the [[Rebuilding of London Act 1666]], following the destruction by the [[Great Fire of London]] of [[1666]], goes into effect as [[royal assent]] is given to the [[Fire of London Disputes Act 1666]], which establishes the Fire Court.<ref>{{cite book|first=Rebecca|last=Rideal|title=1666: Plague, War and Hellfire|publisher=John Murray Press|year=2016}}</ref> The Court, sitting at Clifford's Inn near Fleet Street, hears cases starting on February 27 and continuing until the end of 1668.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacob F.|last=Field|title=London, Londoners and the Great Fire of 1666: Disaster and Recovery|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2017}}</ref>
* [[February 22]] &ndash; The [[Lejonkulan]] ("lion's den") opens at [[Stockholm]] in [[Sweden]] as the first permanent theater in [[Scandinavia]], with the performance of [[Jean Magnon]]'s ''Orontes en Satira''. 
* [[February 25]] &ndash; During the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]], a Dutch Navy force commanded by Admiral [[Abraham Crijnssen]] arrives at the English colony of [[Surinam (English colony)|Surinam]] in South America and sails up the [[Suriname River]] to [[Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo)|Fort Willoughby]] (later Fort Zeelandia at [[Paramaribo]]). Bombardment of the fort begins the next day, and its commander, [[William Byam (colonialist)|William Byam]] surrenders, effectively giving control of [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]] to the Dutch Republic. The cession is confirmed with the signing of the [[Treaty of Breda (1667)|Peace of Breda]] on July 31.
* [[February 27]] (February 17 O.S.) &ndash; [[Patriarch Joasaphus II of Moscow|Joasaphus II]] is elected by the Council of Bishops as the new [[Patriarch of Moscow]], leader of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], after conservative clerics depose [[Patriarch Nikon of Moscow|Patriarch Nikon]] for his reformation of the Church.
* [[March 27]] &ndash; In North America (Canada), explorer [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] is released from the [[Society of Jesus]] (Jesuits).
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV]] of France abolishes the [[livre parisis]] (Paris pound), in favor of the much more widely used [[livre tournois]] (Tours pound). He also designates [[Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie]] as the first chief of "police" of Paris.