Editing 1679 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 24]] &ndash; King [[Charles II of England]] dissolves the "[[Cavalier Parliament]]", after nearly 18 years.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology278279">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/278 278–279]}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] &ndash; Moroccan troops from Fez are killed, along with their commander Moussa ben Ahmed ben Youssef, in a battle against rebels in the [[Jbel Saghro]] mountain range, but Moroccan Sultan [[Ismail Ibn Sharif]] is able to negotiate a ceasefire allowing his remaining troops safe passage back home.
* [[February 5]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Celle]] is signed between France and Sweden on one side, and the Holy Roman Empire, at the town of [[Celle]] in Saxony (in modern-day Germany).  Sweden's sovereignty over [[Bremen-Verden]] is confirmed and Sweden cedes control of [[Thedinghausen]] and [[Dörverden]] to the Germans.
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh Rathore]] becomes the new Maharaja of the [[Jodhpur State]] a principality in India also known as Marwar, located in the modern-day [[Rajasthan]] state. 
* [[March 6]] &ndash; In England, the "[[Habeas Corpus Parliament]]" (or "First Exclusion Parliament") is opened.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology278279"/>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[La Voisin|Catherine Deshayes Monvoisin]], commonly called "La Voisin" and the suspected killer of over 1,000 people in France by poisoning, is arrested outside of the Church of [[Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle]] in [[Paris]] and imprisoned at [[Vincennes]] for the next 11 months. After her conviction, she is publicly burned at the stake on February 22, 1680.