1 January 1665Cell ObservationRobert Hooke
Uses the word cell while describing cork structure in Micrographia.
Historical records for England in 1665, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Uses the word cell while describing cork structure in Micrographia.
Presides over the Royal Society as Hooke's Micrographia appears.
Publishes Micrographia, presenting microscopic observations and scientific illustrations.
Birth of Anne, second daughter of James Duke of York and Anne Hyde.
Helps issue the Concession and Agreement guaranteeing religious liberty in New Jersey.
Declares war on the Dutch Republic as the Second Anglo-Dutch War begins.
Created Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne after the Restoration of Charles II.
Created duke and rewarded after his estates and honours are restored.
Appointed to senior naval command during the war with the Dutch Republic.
Serves as a leading royal naval commander as the Second Anglo-Dutch War begins.
Serves in the English fleet during the campaign that opens the war.
Commands part of the English fleet and is mortally wounded at Lowestoft.
Commands the English blue squadron during the victory at Lowestoft.
Fights as an English admiral during the major victory over the Dutch.
Serves as a senior English flag officer during the battle.
Commands a squadron in the English victory at Lowestoft.
Commands from the Royal Charles as the English defeat the Dutch fleet at Lowestoft.
Birth of William Cowper, later Lord Chancellor and 1st Earl Cowper.
Moves the court away from plague-stricken London as the epidemic worsens.
Treats plague victims and later records medical observations of the epidemic.
Remains influential in London administration during the plague emergency.
Church authorities respond to plague conditions during the epidemic.
Attacks the Dutch East India convoy in Bergen harbour and is repulsed by Danish batteries.
Issues government orders from Oxford while plague disrupts London and Westminster.
Helps manage royal government in London during the Great Plague while Charles II is away.
Elected Member of Parliament for York and becomes a supporter of the restored monarchy.
Serves as a page to James, Duke of York, at the Restoration court.
Publishes work on disorders of the brain and nervous system.
Serves in the ministry during the opening year of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
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