Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1663
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Literature
- John Dryden marries ???, the sister of Sir Robert Howard
Theatre
- February: John Dryden, The Wild Gallant
- May 7: Drury Lane opens with a revival of Beaumont and Fletcher's
The Humorous Lieutenant (1620)
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- A plague outbreak in Amsterdam, Holland, kills ten thousand
- John Newton formulates the binomial theorem
- Nicolaus Sterno of Denmark discovers that the heart is a
muscle
Politics & Law
- July: Second Navigation Act forbids English colonists to trade with
other European countries
- March 24: Charles II rewards eight courtiers with the
Carolina territory (from Virginia to Florida)
- 8 July: Charles II issues the Charter of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Birth of Anne Bracegirdle, actress (approximate date)
Miscellaneous
- A major earthquake strikes the area between the Adirondack
Mountains and the St. Lawrence Valley
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