1663

Events

• Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts.
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Sai of Japan
• Emperor Reigen ascends to the throne of Japan
• First Maroon community arises in Suriname

Specific Dates

• April 17- Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
• July 8 - Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
• July 27 - The British 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.

Births

• 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 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 - Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)
• William King, English poet (d. 1712)

Deaths

• February 19 - Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
• April 7 - Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim
• June 4 - William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1582)
• 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
• December 28 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
• Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
• John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh and Anglican controversialist (b. 1594)

See also

• Literature events in 1663
• Science events in 1663
• List of state leaders in 1663