1663

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Year '1663' ('MDCLXIII') was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

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Events of 1663

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

Deaths

See also

Events of 1663

January - June

★ 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.

★ April 17- Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.

★ June 8 - Battle of Ameixial, fought between the Spanish and Portuguese.

July - December

★ July 8 - King Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.

★ 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.

Undated

★ Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts.

★ First Maroon community arises in Suriname.

Births

★ 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)
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Deaths

★ February 19 - Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (born 1603)

★ April 7 - Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (born c.1583)

★ June 4 - William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1582)

★ June 25 - John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh and Anglican controversialist (born 1594)

★ July 7 - Thomas Baltzar, German violinist (born c.1631)

★ September 18 - Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (born 1603)

★ December 5 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (born 1582)

★ December 17 - Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (born c.1583)

★ December 28 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1618)
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See also

★ Literature events in 1663

★ Science events in 1663

★ List of state leaders in 1663