* 1662 – Mary II of England ( d. 1694 )

* 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset ( d. 1748 )

* 1596 – Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia ( d. 1662 )

* 1662 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, politician, and academic ( d. 1724 )

* 1662 – The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.

* 1662 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman ( b. 1582 )

Although anthems were written in the Elizabethan period by Tallis ( 1505 – 1585 ), Byrd ( 1539 – 1623 ), and others, they are not mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer until 1662, when the famous rubric " In quires and places where they sing here followeth the Anthem " first appears.

Blaise Pascal (; 19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662 ), was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher.

An Irish translation of the revised prayer book of 1662 was effected by John Richardson ( 1664 – 1747 ) and published in 1712.

A new revision — probably by Bishop George Griffith ( 1601 – 1666 ), of St Asaph-based on the revised English book of 1662, was published in 1664.

* 1595 – Henry Lawes, English composer ( d. 1662 )

* 1595 – Henry Lawes, English musician and composer ( d. 1662 )

* 1748 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician ( b. 1662 )

* 1662 – Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria ( b. 1628 )

* 1607 – János Kemény, Hungarian aristocrat, writer and prince of Transylvania ( d. 1662 )

* 1662 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist ( d. 1729 )

Max Emanuel ( 1662 – 1726 ) by Joseph Vivien.

* Francesco II d ' Este, Duke of Modena ( 1662 – 1694 )

* 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

Further imprisonments came at London in 1654, Launceston in 1656, Lancaster in 1660, Leicester in 1662, Lancaster again and Scarborough in 1664 – 66 and Worcester in 1673 – 75.

Outside the East Indies, the Dutch East India Company colonies or outposts were also established in Persia ( now Iran ), Bengal ( now Bangladesh and part of India ), Mauritius ( 1638-1658 / 1664-1710 ), Siam ( now Thailand ), Guangzhou ( Canton, China ), Taiwan ( 1624 – 1662 ), and southern India ( 1616 – 1795 ).

* 1590 – Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Italian singer, organist, and composer ( d. 1662 )

In 1662, the noted Irish physicist and chemist Robert Boyle performed a series of experiments employing a J-shaped glass tube, which was sealed on one end.

** Robert Baillie, Scottish divine and historical writer ( d. 1662 )

Much of Hooke's scientific work was conducted in his capacity as curator of experiments of the Royal Society, a post he held from 1662, or as part of the household of Robert Boyle.

There he met the natural philosopher Robert Boyle, and gained employment as his assistant from about 1655 to 1662, constructing, operating, and demonstrating Boyle's " machina Boyleana " or air pump.

* 1660 – Robert Boyle experimentally discovers Boyle's Law, relating the pressure and volume of a gas ( published 1662 )

The law was named after chemist and physicist Robert Boyle, who published the original law in 1662.

In the year 1662, William Vaughan, Zachariah Rhodes, and Robert Wescott, purchased of the Indians a large tract of land called West Quanaug, bordering on Providence.

Robert Baillie ( 30 April 1602 – 1662 ) was a Scottish divine and historical writer.

A complete memoir and a full notice of all his writings will be found in David Laing's edition of the Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie ( 1637 – 1662 ), Bannatyne Club, 3 vols.

His life of Hooker was published in 1662, that of George Herbert in 1670 and that of Bishop Robert Sanderson in 1678.

Charles conceived the idea that hydrogen would be a suitable lifting agent for balloons having studied the work of Robert Boyle's Boyle's Law which was published 100 years earlier in 1662, and of his contemporaries Henry Cavendish, Joseph Black and Tiberius Cavallo.

Louis, Prince of Condé, by Robert Nanteuil, 1662.

** Robert Baillie, Protestant historian ( died 1662 )

Prior to the building of the main organ, the cathedral had a chair organ, which was built by Robert Taunton in 1662.

* Robert Boyle publishes New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects ( the second edition in 1662 will contain Boyle's Law ).

At the second meeting, Sir Robert Moray announced that the King approved of the gatherings, and a Royal Charter was signed on 15 July 1662 which created the " Royal Society of London ", with Lord Brouncker serving as the first President.

* William Pierrepont, 4th Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull ( c. 1662 – 1690 ), second son of Robert Pierrepont, died without issue

A collection of drolls was published by Francis Kirkman, some attributed to " the incomparable Robert Cox ", as The Wits ( 1662, and enlarged 1672 – 73 ).

Robert Leighton ( 1611 – 25 June 1684 ) was a Scottish prelate and scholar, best known as a church minister, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1653 to 1662.

Sir Richard married in or before 1659, Alice, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Fox, M. D., of Warlies, in Waltham Holy Cross, Essex there 26 Nov. 1662, and of Shipton, Oxon, by Anne, daughter of Robert Honywood, of Pett, in Charing, Kent.

Fernando Parkhurst translated the original into English in 1660, as Ignoramus, or the Academical Lawyer ; Robert Codrington's translation followed in 1662.

The other indicates that in 1662 it was owned by Robert Lancaster.

These rents were collected by his resident land agent, Robert " King " Carter ( 1662 – 1732 ).

Robert " King " Carter ( 1662 / 63 – 4 August 1732 ), of Lancaster County, was an American businessman and colonist in Virginia and became one of the wealthiest men in the colonies.