1662
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| Years: 1659 1660 1661 - 1662 - 1663 1664 1665 | |||
| Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s | |||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
- March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris
- May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England
- May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy show in London; the first on record.
- October 27 - Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £400.000 (or 2.5 million livres)
- 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
- January 27 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
- April 30 - Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1694)
- May 3 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1737)
- May 18 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
- July 11 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
- August 5 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
- August 13 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
- August 25 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
- October 18 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
- December 13 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
- December 18 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. 1711)
Deaths
- February 13 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (b. 1596)
- March 20 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
- April 14 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
- May 23 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
- June 14 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
- 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)
