1662
Year 1662 (MDCLXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
January - June
 January 23 - Battle of Nagyszollos: János Kemény of Transylvania is killed.
February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the Dutch Fort Zealandia on the island of Taiwan after a 9-month siege, then establishes the Kingdom of Tungning. In response, the Kangxi Emperor of the mainland Qing Dynasty migrates all residents along the southern coast by 50 miles.
March 18 - A short-lived experiment of the first public buses (holding 8 passengers) begins in Paris.
May 9 - Samuel Pepys witnesses a Punch and Judy show in London (the first on record).
May 16 - The Hearth Tax is introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
May 30 - Catherine of Braganza marries Charles II of England; as part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay and Tangier to England.
July - December
July 15 - The Royal Society receives an official charter.
October 27 - Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £40,000 (or 2.5 million livres).
November 28 - The Royal Society holds its first meeting.
December 20 - Nicolas Fouquet is sentenced to banishment.
December 26 - Molière's play The School for Wives premieres.
Undated
The Act of Uniformity 1662 in England and Wales makes mandatory the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
Robert Boyle publishes Nova experimenta physico-mechanica, setting forth the law bearing his name.
Milton, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town.
John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, publishes statistical information about births and deaths in London.
The Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg is founded in Germany.
Births
January 9 - John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d. 1711)
January 12 - Samuel Shute, Governor of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1742)
January 27 - Richard Bentley, English classical scholar (d. 1742)
February 15 - James Renwick, Covenanter martyr (d. 1688)
April 30 - Mary II of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1694)
May 3 - Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (d. 1737)
May 18 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
June 11 - Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1712)
July 11 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
August 5 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (d. 1728)
August 13 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
August 25 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (d. 1724)
August 28 - Maria Aurora of Königsmarck, royal mistress (d. 1728)
October 18 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
October 19 - William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1728)
November 11 - Sir John Chesshyre, English lawyer (d. 1738)
December 13 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)
December 17 - Samuel Wesley, English poet and father of the Wesley brothers (d. 1735)
December 18 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. 1711)
Deaths
January 10 - Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1597)
February 9 - Judith Quiney, daughter of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
February 13 - Elizabeth of Bohemia (Elizabeth Stuart) (b. 1596)
March 17 - Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland (b. 1605)
March 20 - François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b. 1592)
April 14 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
April 22 - John Tradescant the younger, botanist (b. 1608)
May 23 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
June 14 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
July 14 - Camilla Faà, secret wife of the Duke of Mantua (b. c. 1599)
July 16 - Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena (b. 1634)
August 19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
September 3 - William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
September 22 - John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
October 21 - Henry Lawes, English composer (b. 1595)
November 12 - Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch painter (b. 1589)
November 20 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
December 20 - Axel Lillie, Swedish politician (b. 1603)
December 30 - Ferdinand Charles of Austria, regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria (b. 1628)
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