30 June – First Anglo-Dutch War: Britain formally declares war on the Dutch Republic (United Provinces of the Netherlands).[3]
26 August – First Anglo-Dutch War: An English fleet attacks an outward-bound Dutch convoy of the escorted by 23 men-of-war and six fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter at the Battle of Plymouth; the Dutch escape.
6 September – First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Elba, a Dutch naval victory.
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