1664 - All About All

1664

Events

• March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
• August 1 - The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard 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.

Births

• 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)
• April 6 - Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742)
• April 30 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
• May 21 - Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal and statesman (d. 1754)
• July 21 - Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
• November 9 - Henry Wharton, English writer (d. 1695)

Deaths

• May 21 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan/"foundress"/business woman
• July 16 - Andreas Gryphius, German writer (b. 1616)
• August 24 - Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer
• August 27 - Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)