1662 in History

Events in History

Jul 15 King Charles II charters Royal Society in London

Aug 24 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept Book of Common Prayer
Sep 12 John Flamsteed sees partial solar eclipse, stirs his interest in astronomy
Sep 14 Netherlands & England sign peace treaty
Oct 17 Charles II of Great Britain sells Dunkirk to France for 2.5 million livres (320,000 English pounds)

Jan 27 Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist
Apr 26 Maria Luisa of Orleans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1689)
Apr 30 Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
May 3 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, born in Herford, Germany (d. 1736)
May 12 Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
May 18 George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
Jul 11 Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria, born in Munich (d. 1726)
Aug 5 James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
Aug 13 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, born in Wiltshire, England (d. 1748)
Aug 25 John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
Oct 18 Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
Dec 13 Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
Dec 18 James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. 1711)

Feb 24 English Poet and author of "Paradise Lost" John Milton marries 3rd wife Elizabeth Mynshull, 31 years his junior.

Jan 10 Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
Feb 13 Elisabeth Stuart, of James I of Scotland and England, dies at 65
Mar 30 François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
Apr 4 Leonhart Kern, German sculptor, dies at about 73
Apr 14 William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
Apr 20 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
Apr 22 John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies
May 23 John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
Jun 14 Henry Vane the Younger, English politician and Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
Jun 30 Johannes C Verspronck, portrait painter, buried at about 64

Aug 19 laise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and Christian philosopher (Pascal's Law, Pascal's Wager), dies of a stomach tumor at 39

Sep 3 William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
Sep 22 John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
Nov 20 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
Dec 30 Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)