1664

This article is about the year 1664. For the Kronenbourg beer, see1664 (beer).

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century 17th century 18th century
Decades:	1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
Years:	1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667

September 8:The Dutch city ofNew Amsterdam,capital of the colony ofNew Netherland,is surrendered to invading English Army troops, who rename the city and the colony "New York" forThe Duke of York.

1664 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1664 MDCLXIV
Ab urbe condita	2417
Armenian calendar	1113 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԳ
Assyrian calendar	6414
Balinese saka calendar	1585–1586
Bengali calendar	1071
Berber calendar	2614
English Regnal year	15Cha. 2– 16Cha. 2
Buddhist calendar	2208
Burmese calendar	1026
Byzantine calendar	7172–7173
Chinese calendar	Quý mãoNiên (WaterRabbit) 4361 or 4154 — to — Giáp thần niên (WoodDragon) 4362 or 4155
Coptic calendar	1380–1381
Discordian calendar	2830
Ethiopian calendar	1656–1657
Hebrew calendar	5424–5425
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1720–1721
-Shaka Samvat	1585–1586
-Kali Yuga	4764–4765
Holocene calendar	11664
Igbo calendar	664–665
Iranian calendar	1042–1043
Islamic calendar	1074–1075
Japanese calendar	Kanbun4 ( khoan văn ４ niên )
Javanese calendar	1586–1587
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	3997
Minguo calendar	248 beforeROC Dân tiền 248 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	196
Thai solar calendar	2206–2207
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy thỏ niên (female Water-Rabbit) 1790 or 1409 or 637 — to — Dương mộc long niên (male Wood-Dragon) 1791 or 1410 or 638

August 1:Battle of Saint Gotthard

1664(MDCLXIV) was aleap year starting on Tuesdayof theGregorian calendarand aleap year starting on Fridayof theJulian calendar,the 1664th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 664th year of the2nd millennium,the 64th year of the17th century,and the 5th year of the1660sdecade. As of the start of 1664, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January–March

• January 5–Battle of Suratin India: TheMarathaleader, ChhatrapatiShivaji,defeats theMughal ArmyCaptain Inayat Khan, and sacksSurat.
• January 7– Indian entrepreneurVirji Vora,described in the 17th century by the English East India Company as the richest merchant in the world, suffers the loss of a large portion of his wealth when the Maratha troops of Shivaji plunder his residence at Surat and his business warehouses.
• February 2–JesuitmissionaryJohann Grueberarrives inRomeafter a 214-day journey that had started inBeijing,proving that commerce can be had between Europe and Asia by land rather than ship.
• February 12– The Treaty of Pisa is signed between France and the Papal States to bring an end to theCorsican Guard Affairthat began on August 20, 1662, when the French ambassador was shot and killed by soldiers in the employ of Pope Alexander VII.
• February 14– A peace treaty is signed inTurininItalyto end theWar of the Banishedbetween theDuchy of Savoyand theWaldensians.
• February 26–Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy,appointed by KingLouis XIVofFranceas Lieutenant Général of the Americass, departs from the port ofLa Rochellewith 1,200 men and seven ships to expand France's property in the Caribbean Sea and in South America.
• March 12– KingCharles II of Englandmakes royal charter for territory in North America that leases to his brother,James, Duke of York,a patent for a large amount of land in what is now the northeastern United States. According to the Charter, James receives "all that part of the mayne land ofNew England"between"New Scotland in America"and the river of Kenebeque", along with "Mattowacks orLong Island"and" Martins Vineyard and Nantukes ", and the lands between the"ConnecticutteandHudsonsrivers "and the lands" from the west side of "Connecticutteto the east sideDe la Warre Bay".The lease, which includes the territory claimed by the Dutch Republic asNew Netherlandis for most of the U.S. state ofMaineand parts ofConnecticut,New York,New JerseyandPennsylvania.
• March 19– Polish astronomerJan Heweliuszbecomes the first native of Poland to be inducted into England's Royal Society.

April–June

• April 14– All grants to the Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique for development of French-claimed islands in the Caribbean Sea are revoked by KingLouis XIV,including the rights to the islands ofMartiniqueandSaint Luciathat had been sold toMarie Bonnard du Parquetprior to her death in 1659.
• April 28–Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Dávalosis appointed as the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico byPope Alexander VII,to allow ArchbishopMateo de Sagade de Bugueyroto return toSpain.Archbishop Cuevas is installed on November 15 upon his arrival in Mexico City.
• May 9–Robert HookediscoversJupiter'sGreat Red Spot.
• May 12– The original version ofTartuffe,a comedy by French playwright and actorMolière,is given its first performance, staged at thePalace of Versailles
• May 15–Guerin Spranger,commander of the Dutch fortress atCayennein South America, surrenders without a fight to French commanderAlexandre de Prouville de Tracyand 1,200 employees of theCompagnie de la France équinoxiale,giving France control of the territory that becomes the colony ofFrench Guiana.
• May 28– King Louis XIV of France establishes the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales by royal decree to replace the recently cancelled Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique.
• June 3– In the city ofMantuainItaly,the world's oldest continuously published private newspaper,Gazzetta di Mantova,publishes its first-known issue. The newspaper would celebrate its 350th anniversary in2014.
• June 5– Thesiege of the Croatian fortressatNovi Zrin(located near the village ofDonja DubravainCroatianear its border withHungary). After a 32-day defense, the Croatian defenders surrender to troops of theOttoman Empire.
• June 9–Kronenbourg Brewery(Brasseries Kronenbourg) is founded inStrasbourg.
• June 24– TheSecond Anglo-Dutch Warcarries over to North America as soldiers of the English Army invade the Dutch colony ofNew Netherland,promised by King Charles II of England to his brother, the Duke of York. By October, the Dutch Republic surrenders the colony to the English and New Netherland (and its largest city,New Amsterdam) are renamed in honor of York.

July–September

• August 1–Battle of Saint Gotthard:TheOttoman Empireis defeated by aHabsburgarmy, led byRaimondo Montecuccoli,leading to thePeace of Vasvár.
• August 11–Sir John Lisle,a former member of the English House of Commons who had been designated aregicidefor his role in signing the death warrant in the execution in1649ofCharles I of England,is assassinated in a church courtyard inLausannein Switzerland. Lisle had gone into exile after therestoration of the monarchy in 1660.The shooting of Lisle, done on order ofKing Charles II,is carried out by a team led by royal agentJames Cotter.
• August 27– TheFrench East India Company(Compagnie des Indes Orientales) is founded.
• September 8(August 29 O.S.) –Peter Stuyvesant,Director-Generalof theDutch RepubliccolonyofNew Netherland,surrendersNew Amsterdamto an English naval squadron, commanded by ColonelRichard Nicolls,without bloodshed. The English promptly rename the fledgling cityNew York,after theDuke of York (later King James II).
• September 23– The French Navy shipTigresinks off of the coast of the island ofSardinia,with the loss of 64 men. Another 58 of the crew are rescued.

October–December

• October 4–New NetherlandiscapturedbyEngland.
• October 28– The "Duke of York and Albany's maritime regiment of foot "is formed in London and serves as a precursor to theRoyal Marinesof the United Kingdom.
• October 31– Surrounded by aBerberarmy, theFrench Navyevacuates the presidio ofJijel,a Mediterranean Sea port in what is now the Republic of Algeria, after having captured it from theAlgiers Regencyon June 12.
• November 6– The oldest hospital inIndia,theGovernment General Hospital,is opened atMadrasby theEnglish East India Companyfor the treatment of ill soldiers.
• November 17– Lithuanian colonistJacob Kettler,Duke of Courland,gives up all of his rights to his African colony atSt Andrew's Islandin theGambia Riverto representatives of King Charles II, in return for keeping possession of the Caribbean island ofTobago.
• December 3– The English warshipsHMSNonsuchandHMSPhoenixare wrecked in a storm atGibraltar.
• December 20– All but 3 members of the over 200-person crew of the Dutch shipKennemerlandare killed when the trade ship sinks in a storm near theOut Skerriesislands off of the coast ofScotland.

Date unknown

• Austere reforms introduced in theCistercianLa Trappe Abbeyin Normandy by Armand de Rancé, origin of theTrappists.
• John Evelyn'sSylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timberis published inLondon,in book form.

Births

John Vanbrugh

Nicolas Fatio de Duillier

• January 1–Alvise Pisani,114th Doge of Venice (d.1741)
• January 4–Lars Roberg,Swedish physician (d.1742)
• January 14
  • Johann Jakob Schudt,German theologian (d.1722)
  • Simon van Slingelandt,Grand Pensionary of Holland (d.1736)
• January 15–Jean Meslier,French Catholic priest, later discovered to have promoted atheism (d.1729)
• January 17–Antonio Salvi,Italian poet (d.1724)
• January 20–Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina,Italian writer and jurist (d.1718)
• January 24–John Vanbrugh,English architect and dramatist (d.1726)
• February 6–Mustafa II,Ottoman Sultan(d.1703)
• February 8–William Seymour,British politician (d.1728)
• February 13–Teodor Andrzej Potocki,Polish noble (d.1738)
• February 23–Georg Dietrich Leyding,German composer and organist (d.1710)
• February 24(baptized) –Thomas Newcomen,English inventor (d.1729)
• February 26–Nicolas Fatio de Duillier,Swiss mathematician (d.1753)
• March 4–Juan de Esteyneffer,Moravian German lay Jesuit missionary sent to the New World (d.1716)
• March 11–Jørgen Otto Brockenhuus,Dano-Norwegian officer (d.1728)
• March 12–Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz(d.1718)
• March 14–Silvio Stampiglia,Italian poet and opera librettist (d.1725)
• March 17–Georg Österreich,German composer and music collector (d.1735)
• March 20–Johann Homann,German cartographer (d.1724)
• April 5–Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine,French noblewoman, Princess of Epinoy by marriage (d.1748)
• April 6
  • Arvid Horn,Swedish politician (d.1742)
  • Gustaf Cronhielm,Swedish politician (d.1737)
• April 11–Pierce Lewis,Welsh cleric who helped to "correct" the1690edition of the Welsh Bible (d.1699)
• April 14–Ulrik Adolf Holstein,Danish nobleman and statesman (d.1737)
• April 30–François Louis, Prince of Conti,French general (d.1709)
• May 6–Bhai Bachittar Singh,Indian Sikh martyr (d.1705)
• May 10–Tørres Christensen,Norwegian merchant (d.1721)
• May 20–Andreas Schlüter,German architect and sculptor (d.1714)
• May 30–Giulio Alberoni,Italian cardinal and statesman (d.1754)
• June 3–Rachel Ruysch,painter from the Northern Netherlands (d.1750)
• June 7
  • Edward Harley,English politician (d.1735)
  • Henry Dawnay, 2nd Viscount Downe,Irish peer (d.1741)
• June 22–Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar(d.1707)
• June 24–François Pourfour du Petit,French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon (d.1741)
• June 28–Nicolas Bernier,French composer (d.1734)
• July 3–James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby,English politician (d.1736)
• July 11–James Ogilvy, 4th Earl of Findlater(d.1730)
• July 16–Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois(d.1666)
• July 18–Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg,Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order (d.1732)
• July 21–Matthew Prior,English poet and diplomat (d.1721)
• August 2–Philip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg(d.1712)
• August 4–Louis Lully,French composer (d.1734)
• August 12–Magnus Stenbock,Swedish noble (d.1717)
• August 20–János Pálffy,Hungarian field marshal, Palatine (d.1751)
• August 24
  • Christen Thomesen Sehested,Danish admiral (d.1736)
  • Willem Adriaan van der Stel,Dutch colonial administrator (d.1733)
• September 5
  • Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield,illegitimate daughter of KingCharles II of England(d.1718)
  • Vincenzo Ludovico Gotti,Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1742)
  • Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin,French duke (d.1736)
• September 7
  • Johann Georg von Eckhart,German historian (d.1730)
  • Thomas Morgan,English politician (d.1700)
• September 9–Johann Christoph Pez,German composer (d.1716)
• September 14–John Blackadder,Scottish soldier (d.1729)
• September 18–Anton Maria Maragliano,Italian artist (d.1739)
• October 3–Giuseppe Alberti,Italian painter (d.1716)
• October 12–Praskovia Saltykova,Russian tsarina (d.1723)
• October 16–Abraham Alewijn,Dutch playwright (d.1721)
• October 18–George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton(d.1727)
• October 27–Thomas Johnson,English politician (d.1728)
• October 31–Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Isell,English politician (d.1704)
• November 9
  • Johann Speth,German composer (d.1719)
  • Henry Wharton,English writer (d.1695)
• November 12–Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier,French writer (d.1734)
• November 16–Louise Marie Thérèse,French Benedictine nun (d.1732)
• November 18–Charles of Mecklenburg-Güstrow,Duke of Mecklenburg (d.1688)
• November 24–Margherita Maria Farnese,Italian noblewoman (d.1718)
• December 10–John Williams,American clergy (d.1729)
• December 13–Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen,German noblewoman (d.1699)
• December 15–Azim-ush-Shan,Mughal prince (d.1712)
• December 17–Henry Bayntun,English politician (d.1691)
• December 26–Johann Melchior Dinglinger,German goldsmith (d.1731)
• date unknown–Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer,Dutch writer and agent (d.1737)
  • Catherine Jérémie,French-Canadian botanist (d.1744)
  • Maria Guyomar de Pinha,Siamese cook (d.1728)

Deaths

Adam Willaerts

Katherine Philips

• January 10–Antoon Sanders,Dutch priest and historian (b.1586)
• January 14–Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans,French princess (b.1648)
• January 27–Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria,Roman Catholic bishop (b.1649)
• January 30–Cornelis de Graeff,Dutch mayor (b.1599)
• February 16–Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet,British baronet (b.1592)
• February 20–Corfitz Ulfeldt,Danish statesman (b.1606)
• February 26–Emmanuel Stupanus,Swiss physician (b.1587)
• March 7–Bernhard von Mallinckrodt,German bibliophile (b.1591)
• March 16–Ivan Vyhovsky,Ukrainian Cossack leader
• March 19–Francisco de Araujo,Spanish theologian (b.1580)
• March 30–Guru Har Krishan,8th Guru of Sikhism (b.1656)
• March 31–Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby,English defender of Latham House (b.1599)
• April 4–Adam Willaerts,Dutch painter (b.1577)
• April 24–Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels(b.1622)
• May 19–Elisabeth de Bourbon-Vendôme,French princess (b.1614)
• May 21–Elizabeth Poole,Puritan and business woman (b. c.1599)
• June 1–Michiel Sweerts,Flemish painter (b.1618)
• June 2–Henry II, Duke of Guise(b.1614)
• June 22–Katherine Philips,Anglo-Welsh poet (b.1631)
• July –Jan Janssonius,Dutch cartographer (b.1588)
• July 4–George III of Brieg,Duke of Brzeg (1633–1664) (b.1611)
• July 15–Abraham Ecchellensis,Lebanese Maronite philosopher (b.1605)
• July 12–Stefano della Bella,Italian printmaker (b.1610)
• July 16–Andreas Gryphius,German writer (b.1616)
• July 19–Egbert van der Poel,Dutch painter (b.1621)
• July 31–Goschwin Nickel,Jesuit leader (b.1582)
• August 3–Jacopo Vignali,Italian painter (b.1592)
• August 16–Johannes Buxtorf II,Swiss theologian (b.1599)
• August 23–Jean Bagot,French theologian (b.1591)
• August 24–Maria Cunitz,Silesian astronomer (b.1610)
• August 27–Francisco de Zurbarán,Spanish painter (b.1598)
• September 2–Antoine de Laloubère,French Jesuit mathematician (b.1600)
• October 31–William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz,Dutch stadtholder (b.1613)
• November 2–George Ghica,Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia (b.1600)
• November 17–Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt,Translator (b.1606)
• November 18–Miklós Zrínyi,Croatian and Hungarian military leader, statesman (b.1620)
• December 15–Dietrich Reinkingk,German lawyer and politician (b.1590)
• December 25–Niccolò Ludovisi,Prince of Piombino (b.1613)
• December 26–Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau,Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage (b.1602)
• date unknown–Gu Mei,politically influential ChineseGējì,poet and painter (b.1619)

References

Sources

• Southey, Captain Thomas (1827).Chronological History of the West Indies.Vol. I. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green.ISBN978-1-136-99066-3.RetrievedJuly 27,2018.