* 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 – 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 )

Charles II of England was concerned by the unregulated copying of books and passed the Licensing of the Press Act 1662 by Act of Parliament, which established a register of licensed books and required a copy to be deposited with the Stationers ' Company, essentially continuing the licensing of material that had long been in effect.

When Ray found himself unable to subscribe as required by the ‘ Bartholomew Act ’ of 1662 he, along with 13 other college fellows, resigned his fellowship on 24 August 1662

In the Book of Common Prayer ( 1662 ), the text of the Authorized Version replaced the text of the Great Bible – for Epistle and Gospel readings – and as such was authorized by Act of Parliament.

After the English Restoration of 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act, almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England, some becoming nonconformist ministers, and the nature of the movement in England changed radically, though it retained its character for much longer in New England.

With only minor changes, the Church of England was restored to its pre-Civil War constitution under the Act of Uniformity 1662, and the Puritans found themselves sidelined.

With the abolition of the Star Chamber and Court of High Commission by the Long Parliament, the legal basis for this warrant was removed, but the Long Parliament chose to replace it with the Licensing Act 1662.

In letters to Clarke he wrote of the absurdity of the existing system, complaining primarily about the unfairness of it to authors, and " he parallels between Locke's commentary and those reasons presented by the Commons to the Lords for refusing to renew the 1662 Act are striking ".

He was presented to the living of Wilby, Northamptonshire ; but lost it as a result of the Act of Uniformity 1662.

* The Act of Uniformity 1662 in England and Wales makes mandatory the use of the Book of Common Prayer.

Publication was controlled under the Licensing Act of 1662, but the Act's lapses from 1679 – 1685 and from 1695 onwards encouraged a number of new titles.

The Corporation Act 1661 required municipal officeholders to swear allegiance ; the Act of Uniformity 1662 made the use of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer compulsory ; the Conventicle Act 1664 prohibited religious assemblies of more than five people, except under the auspices of the Church of England ; and the Five Mile Act 1665 prohibited clergymen from coming within five miles ( 8 km ) of a parish from which they had been banished.

The Church of England was restored as the national Church in England, backed by the Clarendon Code and the Act of Uniformity 1662.

Following the Modus Tenendi Parliamenta of 1419, the Tenures Abolition Act 1660, the Feudal Tenure Act ( 1662 ), and the Fines and Recoveries Act of 1834, titles of feudal barony became obsolete and without legal force.

In England, after the Act of Uniformity 1662 a Nonconformist was an English subject belonging to a non-Christian religion or any non-Anglican church.

Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers ( founded in 1648 ), were considered Nonconformists at the time of the 1662 Act of Uniformity.

After a period of decline, navigation rights along the river were confirmed by a clause in the Stour and Salwarpe Navigation Act of 1662.

* the Quaker Act 1662, which required people to swear an oath of allegiance to the king, which Quakers did not do out of religious conviction.

* the Act of Uniformity 1662, 14 Charles II c. 4 ( 1662 ), which required the use of all the rites and ceremonies in the Book of Common Prayer in church services ;

The Act of Uniformity 1662 ( 14 Car 2 c 4 ) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The provisions of the Act of Uniformity 1662 were modified by the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872.

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* Act of Uniformity 1662

* Act of Uniformity ( 1662 )-This second statute made use of the Book of Common Prayer compulsory in religious service.

An Independent Church was established in the Harborough area following the 1662 Act of Uniformity and a Meeting House was built in Bowden Lane in 1694.

He preached there till the Act of Uniformity 1662 took effect, and looked for such terms of comprehension as would have permitted the moderate dissenters with whom he acted to have remained in the Church of England.

When the Act of Uniformity was passed in 1662, Newcomen lost his living, but was soon invited to the pastorate at Leiden, where he was held in high esteem not only by his own people but by the university professors.

After the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the resulting Act of Uniformity 1662, around 2000 ministers left the established Church of England ( the Great Ejection ).

His father, Philip Henry, had just been ejected under the Act of Uniformity 1662.

* the Act of Uniformity 1662

According to Bishop Burnet he was cast out by the Presbyterians, but whether this be so or not, he soon made his way to England and became vicar of Godmersham, Kent, from which living he was expelled by the Act of Uniformity 1662.

His father was a son of John Doddridge ( 1621 – 1689 ), rector of Shepperton, Middlesex, who resigned his living after the Act of Uniformity of 1662 and became a nonconformist minister, and a great-nephew of the judge and MP Sir John Doddridge ( 1555 – 1628 ).