Year 1663 (MDCLXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1663

January - June

• March 5 - Emperor Go-Sai's reign ends and Emperor Reigen ascends to the throne of Japan.
• March 24 - King Charles II of England issues the Charter of Carolina, establishing the Province of Carolina and dividing it between eight Lords Proprietors.
• April 17- The Turks declare war against Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I.
• June 8 - Battle of Ameixial: The Portuguese and some English auxiliaries defeat the Spanish.

July - December

• July 8 - King Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal Charter to Rhode Island.
• July 27 - The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act, requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.

Undated

• The Prix de Rome Scholarship is established for students of the arts.
• The first Maroon community arises in Suriname.
• The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane opens in London.

Births

• February 1 - Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress (d. 1748)
• February 12 - Cotton Mather, American minister (d. 1728)
• February 25 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
• March 6 - Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (d. 1732)
• March 7 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(d. 1745)
• March 22 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
• May 20 - William Bradford, British-born printer (d. 1752)
• June 2 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (d. 1742)
• August 31 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
• October 16 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (d. 1736)

• date unknown - William King, English poet (d. 1712)

Deaths

• February 19 - Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)
• April 7 - Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c. 1583)
• June 4 - William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1582)
• June 25 - John Bramhall, Archbishop of Armagh and Anglican controversialist (b. 1594)
• July 7 - Thomas Baltzar, German violinist (b. c. 1631)
• September 18 - Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (b. 1603)
• December 5 - Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• December 17 - Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. c. 1583)
• December 28 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)

See also

• Literature events in 1663
• Science events in 1663
• List of state leaders in 1663

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