Information about 1662
| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s |
| Years: | 1659 1660 1661 - 1662 - 1663 1664 1665 |
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Events of 1662
January - June
- February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege then establish the Kingdom of Tungning. In response, Kangxi Emperor migrated all residents along the southern coast by 50 miles.
- March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris.
- May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy show in London; the first on record.
- May 16 - Hearth Tax introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
- May 30 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England.
July - December
- October 27 - Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £40,000 (or 2.5 million livres).
Undated
- Act of Uniformity 1662 is introduced in England.
- Royal Society receives royal charter.
- Milton, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town.
- John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, published statistical information about the births and deaths in London.
- Foundation of the "Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg" in Germany.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1662 MDCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2415 |
| Armenian calendar | 1111 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԱ |
| Bah' calendar | -182 – -181 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2206 |
| Chinese calendar | 4298/4358-8-8 (辛丑年八月初八日) — to — 4299/4359-6-18(壬寅年六月十八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1378 – 1379 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1654 – 1655 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5422 – 5423 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1717 – 1718 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1584 – 1585 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4763 – 4764 |
| Holocene calendar | 11662 |
| Iranian calendar | 1040 – 1041 |
| Islamic calendar | 1072 – 1073 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanbun 0 (寛文0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2322 (皇紀2322年) |
| Julian calendar | 1707 |
| Korean calendar | 3995 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2205 |
- January 27 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
- April 30 - Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1694)
- May 3 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1737)
- May 18 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
- July 11 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
- August 5 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
- August 13 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
- August 25 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
- October 18 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
- November 11 - Sir John Chesshyre, English lawyer (d. 1738)
- December 13 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
- December 18 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. 1711)
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Deaths
- February 13 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (Elizabeth Stuart) (b. 1596)
- March 20 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
- April 14 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
- May 23 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
- June 14 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
- August 19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- September 3 - William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
- September 22 - John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
- October 21 - Henry Lawes, English composer (b. 1595)
- November 20 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
- December 30 - Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria (b. 1628)
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- Upper Paleolithic
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 through 1600.
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- Dahomey - Houegbadja, King of Dahomey (1645-1685)
- Ethiopia - Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia (1632-1667)
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1661 colonial governors - Events of 1662 - 1663 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
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Portugal
- Angola - André Vidal de Negreiros, Governor of Angola (1661-1666)
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Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.
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This is the calendar for any common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A), or a year where "Doomsday" is Tuesday. Examples: Gregorian year 2006 or Julian year 1917 (see bottom tables).
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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