In history, year 1665 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1665.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1665:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|
| 06 march | The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, HenryOldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions ofthe Royal Society, the world's longest-running scientific journal. |
| 07 november | The London Gazette, the oldest surviving English-languagenewspaper, was first published as the Oxford Gazette. |
| 12 June | New Amsterdam legally became part of Britain and was named New York after the Duke of York. |
| 04 September | Purandar was signed between the Maratha ruler Shivaji and the Mughals. |
| 12 August | The English fleet defeated the Dutch fleet. |
| 25 December | The East India Company of France was formed in India to compete in political, economic and imperialist matters from Britain during the reign of Louis XIV. |
| 12 January | The French mathematician Pierdi Ferma died. He made many rules related to mathematics which are known by him. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1665:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 02 July | Samuel Penhallow / Soldier / United States of America |
| 04 June | Zacharie Robutel de La Noue / Captain / Canada |
| 04 March | Philip Christoph von Königsmarck / Soldier / Sweden |
| 12 February | Rudolf Jakob Camerarius / Physician / Germany |
| 17 March | Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre / Composer / France |
| 19 April | Jacques Lelong / Author / France |
| 21 August | Giacomo F. Maraldi / Astronomer / France |
| 25 December | Lady Grizel Baillie / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 27 August | John Hervey / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 28 December | George FitzRoy / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 29 April | James Butler / Politician / Ireland |
