4th March » English King Charles II of England called Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
3rd June » James II of England James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Netherlands Dutch Naval fleet fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
12th June » England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Netherlands named Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
29th October » 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.
7th November » The 'London Gazette', the oldest surviving Newspaper known as journal, is first published.
10th December » The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
Famous Birthdays in 1665
6th February » Anne, Queen of Great Britain (d. 1714)
12th February » Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (d. 1721)
4th March » Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
17th March » Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1729)
19th April » Jacques Lelong, French author (d. 1721)
29th April » James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)
4th June » Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (d. 1733)
2nd July » Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (d. 1726)
21st August » Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1729)
27th August » John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1751)
25th December » Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish-English poet and songwriter (d. 1746)
28th December » George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (d. 1716)
Famous Deaths in History for 1665
12th January » Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
31st January » Johannes Clauberg, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1622)
13th June » Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (b. 1604)
25th June » Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (b. 1630)