1662
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s |
| Years: | 1659 1660 1661 - 1662 - 1663 1664 1665 |
| 1662 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1662 (MDCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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- January 23 - Battle of Nagyszőllős: János Kemény of Transylvania is killed.
- February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the Dutch Fort Zealandia on the island of Taiwan after a 9-month siege, then establishes the Kingdom of Tungning. In response, the Kangxi Emperor of the mainland Qing Dynasty migrates all residents along the southern coast by 50 miles.
- March 18 - A short-lived experiment of the first public buses (holding 8 passengers) begins in Paris.
- May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnesses a Punch and Judy show in London (the first on record).
- May 16 - The Hearth Tax is introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
- May 30 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England; as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England.
- July 15 - The Royal Society receives an official charter.
- October 27 - Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £40,000 (or 2.5 million livres).
- November 28 - The Royal Society holds its first meeting.
- December 20 - Nicolas Fouquet is sentenced to banishment.
- December 26 - Molière's play The School for Wives premieres.
- The Act of Uniformity 1662 in England and Wales makes mandatory the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
- Robert Boyle publishes Nova experimenta physico-mechanica, setting forth the law bearing his name.
- Milton, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town.
- John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, publishes statistical information about births and deaths in London.
- The Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg[1] is founded in Germany.
| Gregorian calendar | 1662 MDCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2415 |
| Armenian calendar | 1111 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -182 – -181 |
| Berber calendar | 2612 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2206 |
| Burmese calendar | 1024 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7170 – 7171 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛丑年十一月十二日 (4298/4358-11-12) — to —
壬寅年十一月廿一日(4299/4359-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 1378 – 1379 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1654 – 1655 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5422 – 5423 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1717 – 1718 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1584 – 1585 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4763 – 4764 |
| Holocene calendar | 11662 |
| Iranian calendar | 1040 – 1041 |
| Islamic calendar | 1072 – 1073 |
| Japanese calendar | Manji 5Kanbun 1 (寛文元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3995 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2205 |
- January 9 - John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d. 1711)
- January 12 - Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1742)
- January 27 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
- February 15 - James Renwick, Covenanter martyr (d. 1688)
- April 30 - Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1694)
- May 3 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1737)
- May 18 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
- June 11 - Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1712)
- July 11 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
- August 5 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
- August 13 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
- August 25 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
- August 28 - Maria Aurora of Königsmarck, royal mistress (d. 1728)
- October 18 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
- October 19 - William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1728)
- November 11 - Sir John Chesshyre, English lawyer (d. 1738)
- December 13 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
- December 17 - Samuel Wesley, English poet and father of the Wesley brothers (d. 1735)
- December 18 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. 1711)
- January 10 - Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1597)
- February 9 - Judith Quiney, daughter of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
- February 13 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (Elizabeth Stuart) (b. 1596)
- March 17 - Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (b. 1605)
- March 20 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
- April 14 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
- April 22 - John Tradescant the younger, botanist (b. 1608)
- May 23 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
- June 14 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
- July 14 - Camilla Faà, secret wife of the Duke of Mantua (b. c. 1599)
- July 16 - Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena (b. 1634)
- August 19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- September 3 - William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
- September 22 - John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
- October 21 - Henry Lawes, English composer (b. 1595)
- November 12 - Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch painter (b. 1589)
- November 20 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
- December 20 - Axel Lillie, Swedish politician (b. 1603)
- December 30 - Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria (b. 1628)
