Notable Historical Events - 1665
1665 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 27 |
Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-adm De Ruyter beats English |
Mar 4 |
English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands |
Mar 6 |
Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing |
Mar 11 |
NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights |
May 5 |
Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow |
May 15 |
Pope Alexander VII appoints committe to investigate Jansenism |
May 31 |
Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah |
Jun 3 |
Duke of York (future James II) defeats Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft |
Jun 6 |
Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain |
Jun 12 |
New Amsterdam legally becomes British and renamed New York after English Duke of York |
Jun 12 |
England installs a municipal government in New York City |
Jun 13 |
Battle of Lowestoft, off Suffolk, England: English fleet beats Dutch |
Jun 17 |
Battle at Viciosa: English & Portuguese army beat Spain |
Aug 2 |
French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers |
Aug 12 |
English fleet beat Dutch fleet |
Aug 27 |
"Ye Bare & Ye Cubb" is first play performed in North America (Acomac, Va) |
Sep 22 |
Molieres "L'amour Medecin," premieres in Paris |
Oct 5 |
The University of Kiel is founded. |
Oct 29 |
Battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.. |
Nov 7 |
1st edition of "London Gazette" |
Dec 4 |
Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand" premieres in Paris |
Dec 11 |
"Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna |
Dec 30 |
"Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople |
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