1664

Years: 1661 1662 1663 - 1664 - 1665 1666 1667

Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1664 in topic: Literature - Science - State leaders

Events

• March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England.
• September 24 - Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls.

Births

• February 24 (baptized) - Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (d. 1729)

See also: 1664, 1630s, 1640s, 1650s, 1660s, 1661, 1662, 1663, 1664 in literature