1665 Calendar
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1665 Historical Event(s)
March 4, 1665
– English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
June 3, 1665
– James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
June 12, 1665
– England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
October 5, 1665
– The University of Kiel is founded.
October 29, 1665
– Battle of Ambuila, in which Portuguese forces defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga.
November 7, 1665
– The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
December 10, 1665
– The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
Who Were Born On 1665?
February 6, 1665
– Anne of Great Britain, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1714)
February 12, 1665
– Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
March 4, 1665
– Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
April 19, 1665
– Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (d. 1721)
April 29, 1665
– James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)
June 4, 1665
– Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier (d. 1733)
July 2, 1665
– Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (d. 1726)
August 27, 1665
– John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
December 25, 1665
– Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (d. 1746)
December 28, 1665
– George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)