1663

Events

• July 8 - 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.
• Prix de Rome scholarship established for students of the arts.
• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Sai of Japan
• Emperor Reigen ascends to the throne of Japan

Births

• February 12 - Cotton Mather, New England Puritan minister (d. 1728)
• William King, English poet

Deaths

• December 5 - Severo Bonini, composer
• Thomas Baltzar, violinist
• December 17 - Nzinga, queen of Ndongo and Matamba
• John Bramhall - Archbishop of Armagh and Anglican controversialist.

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