Today in History for Year 1664

Months in Year 1664: January March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 23 of 23

Jan 21st - Count Miklos of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
Mar 6th - King Louis XIV & Emperor of Brandenburg signs covenant
Mar 12th - 1st naturalization act in American colonies
Mar 12th - New Jersey becomes a British colony
Mar 24th - Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island
Apr 6th - France & Saksen sign alliance
May 7th - Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles.
May 14th - Turkish great Kiprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
May 28th - 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston)
Jun 4th - Viceroy Willem Frederik conquerors Dijlerschans
Jun 6th - New Amsterdam renamed NYC
Jun 15th - NJ established
Jun 24th - The colony of New Jersey is founded.
Jul 23rd - 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of NY, arrive in Boston
Jul 31st - Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris
Aug 1st - Battle at St Gotthard: Earl Raimondo Montecucculi beats Ahmed Kiprulu
Aug 10th - Austria/Turkey signs Peace of Vásvár
Aug 29th - Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam
Sep 8th - Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers
The Sun King Louis XIV Sep 20th - Maryland passes 1st anti-amalgamation law to stop intermarriage of English women & black men
Sep 24th - Dutch Fort Orange (New Netherland) in present day Albany NY surrenders to the English
Oct 28th - The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
Dec 15th - English colonizing Connecticut

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 4th - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
Jan 14th - Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36)
Jan 20th - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
Jan 24th - John Vanbrugh, London, dramatist/architect (baptized)
Mar 17th - Georg Osterreich, composer
Apr 6th - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
Apr 30th - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
May 31st - Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal
Jun 5th - Mustafa II, sultan of Turkey (1695-1703)
Jul 21st - Matthew Prior, English poet
Aug 4th - Louis Lully, composer
Aug 6th - Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer
Aug 25th - Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent
Sep 9th - Johann Christoph Pez, composer
Nov 9th - Johannes Speth, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

Jan 18th - Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
Apr 4th - Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies
May 21st - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman
Jul 12th - Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610)
Jul 16th - A Gryphius, writer, dies at 47
Aug 24th - Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (bc. 1610)
Aug 27th - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)
Oct 31st - Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51