What Happened in March 1665

Historical Events

English Declare War

Mar 4 English King Charles II declares war on Netherlands

  • Mar 6 Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
  • Mar 11 NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 4 Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (lover of Sophia Dorothea of Celle), born in Stade, (d. 1694)
  • Mar 17 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer (Les pièces de clavessin; Céphale et Procris), born in Paris, France (d. 1729)
  • Mar 27 Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), born in Silesia, Poland (d. 1729)