%1664%. Passage of the Conventicle Act in England, directed against nonconformists or dissenters.
Victory of the united forces of Germany, France, and Italy, under
Montecucoli, general of Leopold I, at St. Gotthard, Hungary.
Charles II grants the territory between the Connecticut and James rivers to his brother, James, Duke of York; New Amsterdam occupied and New Netherland taken by the English; New York is the name given to both province and city. James sells a portion of his domain, to which the title of "New Caesarea" was first given, afterward changed to New Jersey. See "NEW YORK TAKEN BY THE ENGLISH," xii, 19.
East and West India companies formed in France; colonies planted in
Cayenne, Martinique, Guadelupe, Ste. Lucia, and Canada.
1665. Continued persecution of dissenters in England by the passage of the Five-mile Act.
War between England and Holland.
Newton invents his methods of fluxions.
Completion of the union of the Connecticut and New Haven colonies.
Death of Philip IV; his son, Charles II, ascends the throne of Spain.
"GREAT PLAGUE IN LONDON." See xii, 29.