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* The Chinese army of the [[Qing dynasty]] attacks a Russian post at [[Albazin]], during the reigns of the [[Kangxi Emperor]] and the dual Russian rulers [[Ivan V of Russia]] and [[Peter I of Russia]]. The event leads to the [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]] in 1689.<ref>Roberts,  J: ''History of the World'', Penguin, 1994.</ref>
* [[Adam Baldridge]] founds a pirate base at [[Île Sainte-Marie]], [[Madagascar]].
* [[Alice Molland]] becomes the last known person in England to be sentenced to death for [[witchcraft]], in [[Exeter]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Armbruster|first1=Caroline|editor1-last=Levin|editor1-first=Carole|display-editors=etal|title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen: Exemplary Lives: 1500–1650|year=2016|page=334|chapter=Alice Molland (d.1685)|publisher=Routledge|oclc=949870073}}</ref>
* The [[Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow]] in the State of New York is constructed by the original Dutch settlers (later to become famous as the site of the rampage of the "Headless Horseman" spirit in the novel ''[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]'').</onlyinclude>