Year by year · 17th century

1665

1665 in world history: 6 events, 2 births, 4 deaths, 2 works, 2 states founded and 2 that came to an end. 1,150 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 12 June

    New York is incorporated as an English city

    Governor Richard Nicolls replaced New Amsterdam's Dutch government with an English mayor, aldermen and sheriff. The English had taken the colony from the Dutch the previous year.

    New AmsterdamNew York

  2. 7 November

    The Oxford Gazette, later the London Gazette, is first published

    With the court in Oxford to escape the plague, the first issue of the Oxford Gazette appeared. Renamed the London Gazette, it is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Britain.

    LondonOxford

  3. Battle

    Battle of Mbwila

    The Battle of Mbwila was fought in 1665 between the Kingdom of Kongo and Portuguese forces from Angola with their African allies.

  4. Battle

    Battle of Montes Claros

    The Battle of Montes Claros was fought on 17 June 1665 near Vila Viçosa in the Alentejo, the last major battle of the Portuguese Restoration War.

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In the profiles

  • Kongo EmpirePortuguese forces defeat Kongo at Mbwila, killing King Antonio I

Wars and longer events

Born in 1665 2

Died in 1665 4

Works 2

States founded 2

States that came to an end 2

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