1664 in England

1664 in England

Events from the year 1664 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 12 March - Province of New Jersey becomes an English colony in North America.
* 5 April - Passing of the Triennial Act.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=271]
* May - Parliament passes the Conventicle Act against non-conformists.
* 18 August - England annexes the New Netherland colony in North America. The Dutch surrender the city of New Amsterdam which is renamed New York.
* 8 September - Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]

Undated

* Construction begins of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford as designed by Christopher Wren.

Publications

* Robert Hooke publishes "Micrographia" — its magnified images of a flea, a fly's eye and a plant cell turn the book into a best-seller.

Births

* 24 January - Sir John Vanbrugh (died 1726)
* 28 February - Thomas Newcomen, inventor (died 1729)
* 3 July - James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, politician (died 1736)
* 21 July - Matthew Prior, poet and diplomat (died 1721)
* 3 September - Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, peer and politician (died 1723)
* 5 September - Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, daughter of Charles II (died 1718)
* 18 October - George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, (died 1727)
* 9 November - Henry Wharton, writer (died 1695)
* "probable" - William Mountfort, actor (died 1692)
* Daniel Purcell, composer (died 1717)

Deaths

* 20 January - Isaac Ambrose, diarist (born 1604)
* February - John Hoskins, painter (year of birth unknown)
* 7 May - John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, noble (born 1608)
* 22 June - Katherine Philips, poet (born 1631)
* August - John Lisle, Regicide of Charles I (born 1610)
* 8 October - John Boys, Royalist (born 1607)
* Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet, Parliamentary supporter in the English Civil War (year of birth unknown)
* Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby, Royalist (born 1599)
* Accepted Frewen, Archbishop (born 1588)
* John Goodyer, botanist (born 1592)
* John Hutchinson, Roundhead (born 1615)
* Richard Overton, Leveller (born 1599)

References

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