1664 in England
Events from the year 1664 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
Publications
- Robert Hooke publishes Micrographia — its magnified images of a flea, a fly's eye and a plant cell turn the book into a best-seller.
Births
- 24 January - Sir John Vanbrugh (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)
- 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)
References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 271. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
See also