1663
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This article is about the year 1663.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1630s 1640s 1650s – 1660s – 1670s 1680s 1690s |
| Years: | 1660 1661 1662 – 1663 – 1664 1665 1666 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1663 MDCLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2416 |
| Armenian calendar | 1112 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6413 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -181–-180 |
| Bengali calendar | 1070 |
| Berber calendar | 2613 |
| English Regnal year | 14 Cha. 2 – 15 Cha. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2207 |
| Burmese calendar | 1025 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7171–7172 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年十一月廿二日 (4299/4359-11-22) — to —
癸卯年十二月初三日(4300/4360-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | 1379–1380 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1655–1656 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5423–5424 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1719–1720 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1585–1586 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4764–4765 |
| Holocene calendar | 11663 |
| Iranian calendar | 1041–1042 |
| Islamic calendar | 1073–1074 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanbun 2 (寛文2年) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3996 |
| Minguo calendar | 249 before ROC 民前249年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2206 |
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Year 1663 (MDCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–June
- January 10 – The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter by Charles II of England.[1]
- March 5 – Emperor Go-Sai's reign ends and Emperor Reigen ascends to the throne of Japan.
- March 24 – King Charles II of England issues the Charter of Carolina, establishing the Province of Carolina and dividing it between eight Lords Proprietors.[1]
- April 17 – The Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
- May 7 – Opening of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London.[1]
- June 8 – Battle of Ameixial: The Portuguese and some English auxiliaries defeat the Spanish.
[edit] July–December
- July 8 – King Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to the American Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.[1]
- July 27 – The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act, requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
- August 21 – Concerned about the wintry weather, the Parliament of England holds an intercessary fast.[2]
- August 28 – Severe frost in England.
[edit] Date unknown
- The Prix de Rome Scholarship is established for students of the arts.
- The first Maroon community arises in Suriname.
- Robert Hooke discovers that cork is made of "tiny little rooms" which he first calls "Cells".[3]
[edit] Births
- February 1 – Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress (d. 1748)
- February 12 – Cotton Mather, American minister (d. 1728)
- February 25 – Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
- March 6 – Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (d. 1732)
- March 7 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(d. 1745)
- March 22 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
- May 20 – William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
- June 2 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
- August 31 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
- October 16 – Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)
- date unknown – William King, English poet (d. 1712)
[edit] Deaths
- February 19 – Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
- April 7 – Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c. 1583)
- June 4 – William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1582)
- June 25 – John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh and Anglican controversialist (b. 1594)
- July 7 – Thomas Baltzar, German violinist (b. c. 1631)
- September 18 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b. 1603)
- December 5 – Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b. 1582)
- December 17 – Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. c. 1583)
- December 28 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 270. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
- ^ Micrographia (1665).
