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Events
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February 1 - The
China Chinese pirate
Koxinga seizes the island of
Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
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March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public
buses holding 8 passengers begins in
Paris.
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May 3/
May 2 -
Catherine of Braganza marries
Charles II of England – as part of the dowry,
Portugal cedes
Bombay and
Tangier to
England.
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May 9 -
Samuel Pepys witnessed a
Punch and Judy show in
London; the first on record.
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October 27 -
Charles II of England sells
Dunkirk, France Dunkirk to
France for £400.000 (or 2.5 million
livres).
*
Act of Uniformity 1662 introduced in
England.
*
Royal Society receives
royal charter.
*
Milton, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town.
*
John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of
statistics, published statistical information about the births and deaths in
London.
*Foundation of the "
Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg" in
Germany.
Births
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January 27 -
Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d.
1742)
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April 30 -
Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d.
1694)
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May 3 -
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d.
1737)
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May 18 -
George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d.
1719)
*
July 11 -
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d.
1726)
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August 5 -
James Anderson (lawyer) James Anderson, Scottish historian (d.
1728)
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August 13 -
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d.
1748)
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August 25 -
John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d.
1724)
*
October 18 -
Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d.
1714)
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December 13 -
Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d.
1729)
*
December 18 -
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d.
1711)
''See also
:Category:1662 births.''
Deaths
*
February 13 -
Elizabeth of Bohemia (b.
1596)
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March 20 -
François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b.
1592)
*
April 14 -
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b.
1582)
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May 23 -
John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b.
1605)
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June 14 -
Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b.
1613)
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August 19 -
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b.
1623)
*
September 3 -
William Lenthall, English politician (b.
1591)
*
September 22 -
John Biddle, English theologian (b.
1615)
*
October 21 -
Henry Lawes, English composer (b.
1595)
*
November 20 -
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b.
1614)
*
December 30 -
Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria (b.
1628)
''See also
:Category:1662 deaths.''
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