What Happened in June 1665

Historical Events

Battle of Lowestoft

Jun 3 Duke of York and the British fleet defeat the Dutch off the coast of Lowestoft, 1st fleet action of the Second Dutch War [1]

King of England, Scotland and Ireland James II

Jun 6 Battle at Monte Carlo: English and Portuguese armies beat Spain
Jun 7 Boston's First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist churches in America, is founded [NS March 1]

Pepys Writes of London Plague

Jun 7 Great Plague of London: Samuel Pepys writes in his diary of houses marked with a red cross in London's Drury Lane, meaning somebody inside is infected with the plague and must be locked in for 40 days or until death

Drivers of death carts in London would go street-to-street extolling people to "bring out your dead" at the height of the London plague outbreak in 1665

Jun 12 England installs a municipal government in New York City
Jun 12 New Amsterdam legally becomes an English colony and renamed New York after English Duke of York
Jun 13 Battle of Lowestoft, off Suffolk, England: English fleet beats Dutch
Jun 17 Battle of Viciosa (Monte Claros): English & Portuguese army beat Spain
Jun 30 The number of deaths in London from the Great Plague during June is recorded as 6,137 people

Events in 1665

Famous Birthdays

Jun 4 Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian soldier, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1733)
Jun 5 Nicolas Bernier, French composer, born in Mantes-sur-Seine (d. 1734)

Born in 1665

Famous Deaths

Jun 11 Kenelm Digby, English philosopher and diplomat, dies at 61
Jun 13 Auke Stellingwerf, lt-admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 29
Jun 13 Egbert Meussen Kortenaer, vice-admiral, dies in battle at about 29
Jun 13 Jacob van Wassenaer [Foggy Obdam], lt-admiral, dies in battle at 55
Jun 25 Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, dies at 34