Years: 1661 1662 1663 - 1664 - 1665 1666 1667

Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

• March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain.
• September 24 - Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls .

Births

• Thomas Newcomen, English inventor