What Happened in July 1663

Historical Events

Rhode Island Royal Charter

Jul 8 King Charles II of England approves the Rhode Island Royal Charter giving royal recognition to the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and freedoms to its colonists, among them Roger Williams

Euclid’s Parallel Postulate

Jul 11 Oxford mathematician John Wallis gives a lecture on Euclid’s parallel postulate, first Western attempt to derive the parallel postulate as a theorem

  • Jul 26 French troops invade papal territory Comtat Venaissin
  • Jul 27 English Parliament accepts Staple Act

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 1 Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist, born in Saverne, Alsace, France (d. 1738)
  • Jul 20 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, born in Loire-sur-Rhône, Lyon (d. 1738)

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 2 Thomas Selle, German composer, dies at 64
  • Jul 24 Thomas Baltzar, German violinist and composer dies at about 33