1663
*
Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts.
* First
Maroon community arises in
SurinameJanuary
February
March
*
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
*
April 17- Turks declare war against
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
May
June
July
*
July 8 - King 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.
August
September
October
November
December
*
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 -
Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d.
1736)
*
William King, English poet (d.
1712)
See also :Category:1663 births.*
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 :Category:1663 deaths.*
Literature events in 1663 *
Science events in 1663 *
List of state leaders in 1663
