1662
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| Years: 1659 1660 1661 - 1662 - 1663 1664 1665 | |
| Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s | |
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1662 in literature 1662 in science | |
Events
- March 18 – Short-timed experiment of the first public buses holding 8 passengers begins in Paris
- May 3/May 2 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England – as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England
- May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnessed a Punch and Judy show in London; the first on record.
- Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £400.000
- Royal Society receives royal charter
- Milton, Massachusetts is incorperated as a town.
Births
- January 27 - Richard Bentley, English Classical scholar
- April 30 - Princess Mary Stuart, later Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Deaths
- February 13 - Elizabeth Stuart, Deposed Queen consort and Princess of Scotland and England.
- August 19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and religious philosopher dies in Paris.
- December 30 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria
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