Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1663

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Literature

John Dryden marries ???, the sister of Sir Robert Howard

Theatre

February: John Dryden, The Wild Gallant
May 7: Drury Lane opens with a revival of Beaumont and Fletcher's The Humorous Lieutenant (1620)

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

A plague outbreak in Amsterdam kills ten thousand

Politics & Law

July: Second Navigation Act forbids English colonists to trade with other European countries
March 24: Charles II rewards eight courtiers with the Carolina territory (from Virginia to Florida)
8 July: Charles II issues the Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Philosophy & Theology

Milestones

Birth of Anne Bracegirdle, actress (approximate date)

Miscellaneous

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