History
1663
General
Population: 566 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Samuel Butler Hudibras II, Abraham Cowley (comedy), Sir William Davenant The Siege of Rhodes,
Third folio of Shakespeare printed, Lord Herbert of Cherbery (religion), Writings of Descartes put in the Index, Leibniz (individualism),
"Europaischt Zeitung" published in Copenhagen
Art includes Bernini "Scala Regia" at the Vatican, Pieter de Hooch "At the Linen Closet", Poussin "The Four Seasons", Adriaen van de Velde "Cattle Near a Building"
Music includes Marc' Antonio Cesti "La Dori", James Clifford collects anthems in London, Lully "Le Ballet des Arts"
- Medicine: Danish physician Nicolaus Steno teaches "The heart is a muscle"
- Science: Robert Boyle writes about experimental philosophy
John Newton discovers binomial theorem
Guericke creates fossil "unicorn" from bones of different species
- Technology: Gyericke constructs frictional electrical machine
Americas
- Canada: Colbert forms New France with Quebec as new capital - "New France" becomes royal province
Europe
- England: Theater Royal in London opens
First gold guinea pieces coined
Hearth tax
Turnpike tolls introduced
Journalist Roger L'Estrange becomes licenser of the English press
Charles II grants charters to Royal African Company
- France: Colbert founds Academie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in Paris
- Holy Roman Empire: Turks declare war on HRE and invade Transylvania and Hungary – overrun fortress of Nove Zamsky Slovakia
Castle Nymphenburg near Munich started
- Netherlands: Plague outbreak
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Turks declare war on HRE and invade Transylvania and Hungary – overrun fortress of Nove Zamsky Slovakia
General
- First recorded earthquake in America
East
- Maryland: Slavery recognized
- Rhode Island: Royal Charter granted
Restrictions on voting limited to land owners
South
- Carolinas: Charter granted by Charles II to noblemen
- Virginia: Insurrection attempt between white indentured servants and black slaves