Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1630s  1640s  1650s  – 1660s –  1670s  1680s  1690s
Years:	1660 1661 1662 – 1663 – 1664 1665 1666

1663 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

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).

Contents 1 Events of 1663 1.1 January–June 1.2 July–December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events of 1663

[edit] 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- The Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
• June 8 – Battle of Ameixial: The Portuguese and some English auxiliaries defeat the Spanish.
• August 28: Severe frost in England. Much of August had been wintery, and Parliament held an intercessary fast on August 21.^[1]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Undated

• The Prix de Rome Scholarship is established for students of the arts.
• The first Maroon community arises in Suriname.
• The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in London.
• Robert Hooke discovers that cork is made of "tiny little rooms" which he first called "Cells."

[edit] Births

1663 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1663 MDCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	2416
Armenian calendar	1112 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԲ
Bahá'í calendar	-181 – -180
Bengali calendar	1070
Berber calendar	2613
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	1718 – 1719
- 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)
Korean calendar	3996
Thai solar calendar	2206
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• 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