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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Franco-Dutch War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Turckheim]]: The French defeat [[Austria]] and [[Brandenburg]].
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[John Sassamon]], an English-educated [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Christians|Christian]], dies at Assawampsett Pond, an event which will trigger [[King Philip's War|a year-long war]] between the [[Colonial history of the United States|English American colonists]] of [[New England]], and the [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] Native American tribes.
* [[February 4]] &ndash; The Italian opera ''[[La divisione del mondo]]'', by [[Giovanni Legrenzi]], is performed for the first time, premiering in Venice at the  [[Teatro Goldoni (Venice)|Teatro San Luca]].  The new opera, telling the story of the "division of the world" after the battle between the Gods of Olympus and the Titans, becomes known for its elaborate and expensive sets, machinery, and special effects and is revived 325 years later in the year 2000.
* [[February 6]] &ndash; [[Nicolò Sagredo]] is elected as the new [[Doge of Venice]] and leader of the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian Republic]], replacing [[Domenico II Contarini]], who had died 10 days earlier.
* [[February 11]] &ndash; French Army Marshal [[Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart|Louis Victor de Rochechouart]], Count of Vivonne, reinforces the rebels in the [[Messina revolt]] with eight additional warships and three fireships to bring to 20 the number of ships that France has against the 15 warships of Spain, and breaks the Spanish blockade that had prevented food from reaching Messina.
* [[February 25]] &ndash; Netherlands scientist [[Christiaan Huygens]] files drawings of his invention of the [[balance spring]], the key component to the accuracy of portable clocks and pocket watches, in a letter to the ''Journal des Sçavants''.
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]]'s "[[semi-opera]]" ''[[Psyche (Locke)|Psyche]]'' premieres at the [[Dorset Garden Theatre|Duke's Theatre]] in London.
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[John Flamsteed]] is appointed by King Charles II as England's "astronomical observator", in effect, becoming the first [[Astronomer Royal]].<ref name=CBH/><ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Frances|last=Willmoth|title=Flamsteed, John (1646–1719)|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9669 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9669|access-date=2011-02-04}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] &ndash; England's first royal yacht, [[HMY Mary|HMY ''Mary'']], strikes rocks off of the coast of [[Anglesey]] while traveling from [[Dublin]] to [[Chester]] with 74 passengers and crew, and quickly sinks, with the loss of 35 people.<ref>[https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/391/  "HMY Mary", Coflein Database], Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales</ref> The other 39 are able to get to safety.  The wreckage is not discovered until almost 300 years later, on July 11, 1971.   
* [[March 30]] &ndash; The guild organisation ''[[Maîtresses couturières]]'' is founded in Paris.