Births on July 5

Mary Walcott, American accuser and witness at the Salem witch trials (d. 1719)

Mary Walcott (July 5, 1675 – c. 1752) was one of the "afflicted" girls called as a witness at the Salem witch trials in early 1692-93.

4 May

Royal Greenwich Observatory
King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
11 Aug

Battle of Konzer Brücke
Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
2 Nov

King Philip's War
Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
11 Nov

Integral calculus
Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).