1664 in England
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Events from the year 1664 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II
Events
- 12 March - Province of New Jersey becomes an English colony in North America.
- 5 April - Passing of the Triennial Parliaments Act.[1]
- May - Parliament passes the Conventicle Act preventing non-conformist groups of more than five from assembling.[1]
- 18 August - England annexes the New Netherland colony in North America, renaming it the Province of New York (after James, Duke of York).[1]
- 27 September - Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls.[2]
- 28 October - The "Duke of York and Albany's maritime regiment of foot" is formed in London, origin of the Royal Marines.
Undated
- Robert Holmes's second African expedition to the Guinea coast captures Dutch forts and ships.
- Construction begins of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford as designed by Christopher Wren.[1]
- Francis Child enters the London goldsmith's business which, as the private banking house of Child & Co., will continue into the 21st century.[3]
Births
- 24 January (bapt.) - John Vanbrugh, playwright and architect (died 1726)
- 28 February - Thomas Newcomen, inventor (died 1729)
- 3 July - James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby, politician (died 1736)
- 21 July - Matthew Prior, poet and diplomat (died 1721)
- 3 September - Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford, peer and politician (died 1723)
- 5 September - Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, daughter of Charles II (died 1718)
- 18 October - George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton, (died 1727)
- 9 November - Henry Wharton, writer (died 1695)
- probable - William Mountfort, actor (died 1692)
- possible - Daniel Purcell, composer (died 1717)
Deaths
- 20 January - Isaac Ambrose, diarist (born 1604)
- February - John Hoskins, painter (year of birth unknown)
- 7 May - John Tufton, 2nd Earl of Thanet, noble (born 1608)
- 22 June - Katherine Philips, poet (born 1631)
- August - John Lisle, Regicide of Charles I (born 1610)
- 8 October - John Boys, Royalist (born 1607)
- Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet, Parliamentary supporter in the English Civil War (year of birth unknown)
- Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby, Royalist (born 1599)
- Accepted Frewen, Archbishop (born 1588)
- John Goodyer, botanist (born 1592)
- John Hutchinson, Roundhead (born 1615)
- Richard Overton, Leveller (born 1599)
