1664
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s |
| Years: | 1661 1662 1663 - 1664 - 1665 1666 1667 |
| 1664 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1664 (MDCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1664
[edit] January - June
- January 5 - Battle of Surat: The Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji is defeated by the Inayat Khan of Mughal.
- March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
- May 4 - Kronenbourg, a popular lager, is first produced.
[edit] July - December
- August 1 - Battle of Saint Gotthard: The Ottoman Empire is defeated by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
- September 24 - Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls.
- October 28 - The Admirals Regiment is formed, later known as the Royal Marines.
[edit] Undated
- The French East India Company is founded.
- The Marathas sack Surat.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1664 MDCLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2417 |
| Armenian calendar | 1113 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -180 – -179 |
| Berber calendar | 2614 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2208 |
| Burmese calendar | 1026 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7172 – 7173 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年十二月初四日 (4300/4360-12-4) — to —
甲辰年十一月十五日(4301/4361-11-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 1380 – 1381 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1656 – 1657 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5424 – 5425 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1719 – 1720 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1586 – 1587 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4765 – 4766 |
| Holocene calendar | 11664 |
| Iranian calendar | 1042 – 1043 |
| Islamic calendar | 1074 – 1075 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanbun 3 (寛文3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3997 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2207 |
- January 4 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
- January 20 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
- February 6 - Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1703)
- February 24 (baptized) - Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (d. 1729)
- March 12 - Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (d. 1718)
- April 6 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
- April 30 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
- May 30 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1754)
- July 18 - Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg, Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order (d. 1732)
- July 21 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
- September 5 - Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, illegitimate daughter of King Charles II of England (d. 1718)
- November 9 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. 1695)
[edit] Deaths
- March 16 - Ivan Vyhovsky, Ukrainian Cossack leader
- March 19 - Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (b. 1580)
- March 30 - Guru Har Krishan, Eighth Guru of Sikhism (b. 1656)
- April 4 - Adam Willaerts, Dutch painter (b. 1577)
- May 19 - Elisabeth de Bourbon-Vendôme, French princess (b. 1614)
- May 21 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan/"foundress"/business woman (b. c. 1599)
- 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 16 - Andreas Gryphius, German writer (b. 1616)
- July 31 - Goschwin Nickel, Jesuit leader (b. 1582)
- August 24 - Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (born 1610)
- August 27 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
- December 25 - Niccolò Ludovisi, Prince of Piombino (b. 1613)
- Lin Yiu, Chinese poet and painter (b. 1618)
