7th May » Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.
1st August » Ottoman Empire Ottoman forces are defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664) battle of Saint Gotthard by an Habsburg Monarchy Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.
24th September » The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
Famous Birthdays in 1664
4th January » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742)
20th January » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian jurist (d. 1718)
6th February » Mustafa II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1703)
23rd February » Georg Dietrich Leyding, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
24th February » Thomas Newcomen, English engineer (d.1729)
6th April » Arvid Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (d. 1742)
30th April » François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
20th May » Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (d. 1714)
21st May » Giulio Alberoni, Italian cardinal (d. 1754)
28th June » Nicolas Bernier, French composer (d. 1734)
21st July » Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
9th November » Johann Speth, German organist and composer (d. 1719)
9th November » Henry Wharton, English librarian and author (d. 1695)
Famous Deaths in History for 1664
2nd January » George II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588)
8th January » Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
21st May » Elizabeth Poole, English-American settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
12th July » Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610)
16th July » Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
22nd August » Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer (b. 1610)
27th August » Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)