1662 in England
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Events from the year 1662 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Events
- 2 May/3 May - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England — as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England.
- 9 May - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy show in London; the first on record.
- 16 May - Hearth Tax introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
- 27 October - Charles II sells Dunkirk to France for £400.000 (or 2.5 million livres).
- Act of Uniformity 1662 introduced.
- Royal Society receives royal charter.
- John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, published statistical information about the births and deaths in London.
- The second edition of Robert Boyle's New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching The Spring of the Air, and its Effects published in Oxford containing Boyle's Law.
[edit] Births
- 27 January - Richard Bentley, classical scholar (d. 1742)
- 30 April - Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1694)
- 18 May - George Smalridge, Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
- 13 August - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, politician (d. 1748)
- 18 October - Matthew Henry, non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
- 17 December - Samuel Wesley, poet (d. 1735)
[edit] Deaths
- 14 April - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, statesman (b. 1582)
- 23 May - John Gauden, bishop and writer (b. 1605)
- 14 June - Henry Vane the Younger, Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
- 3 September - William Lenthall, politician (b. 1591)
- 22 September - John Biddle, theologian (b. 1615)
- 21 October - Henry Lawes, composer (b. 1595)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Miles Corbet, Puritan poltician (b. 1595)
