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Year 1663 (''' MDCLXIII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).

EVENTS OF 1663

January - June

March 5 - Emperor Go-Sai 's reign ends and Emperor Reigen ascends to the throne of Japan

March 24 - King Charles II Of England issues the Charter Of Carolina , establishing the Province Of Carolina and dividing it between eight Lords Proprietors .

April 17 - Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I .

June 8 - Battle Of Ameixial , fought between the Spanish and Portuguese.

July - December

July 8 - King Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island .

July 27 - The English 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.

Undated

Prix De Rome scholarship established for students of the arts.

First Maroon community arises in Suriname .

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 7 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali , Italian violinist and composer(d. 1745 )

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 - Prince Eugene Of Savoy , French-born Austrian general (d. 1736 )

''date unknown'' - William King , English poet (d. 1712 )

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DEATHS

February 19 - Adam Adami , German bishop and diplomat (born 1603 )

April 7 - Francis Cooke , Mayflower pilgrim (born c. 1583 )

June 4 - William Juxon , Archbishop Of Canterbury (born 1582 )

June 25 - John Bramhall , Archbishop Of Armagh and Anglican controversialist (born 1594 )

July 7 - Thomas Baltzar , German violinist (born c. 1631 )

September 18 - Joseph Of Cupertino , Italian saint (born 1603 )

December 5 - Severo Bonini , Italian composer (born 1582 )

December 17 - Queen Nzinga Of Ndongo And Matamba (born c. 1583 )

December 28 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (born 1618 )

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SEE ALSO

Literature Events In 1663

Science Events In 1663

List Of State Leaders In 1663