WHAT HAPPENED IN 1665.
Look what happened the 1665.

English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. (4. March 1665)

James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. (3. June 1665)

England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). (12. June 1665)

The University of Kiel is founded. (5. October 1665)

Battle of Ambuila, in which Portuguese forces defeat the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king António I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga. (29. October 1665)

The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published. (7. November 1665)

The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter (10. December 1665)

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