* 1664 – Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman ( d. 1742 )

* 1664 – The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár.

Andreas Schlüter ( 20 May 1664 – May 1714 ) was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.

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.

* 1664 – Georg Dietrich Leyding, German composer and organist ( d. 1710 )

* 1664 – Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan ( d. 1703 )

* 1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general ( b. 1664 )

The 1664 – 1666 epidemic was on a far smaller scale than the earlier " Black Death " pandemic ; it was remembered afterwards as the " great " plague only because it was the last widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in England during the four-hundred-year timespan of the Second Pandemic.

Amsterdam was ravaged in 1663 – 1664, with a mortality given as 50, 000.

Giulio Alberoni ( 30 May 1664 OS – 26 June NS 1752 ) was an Italian cardinal and

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.

* 1656 – Guru Har Krishan, Indian eighth of the eleven Sikh Gurus ( d. 1664 )

* 1664 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat ( d. 1721 )

Johann Baptist Homann ( 20 March 1664 – 1 July 1724 ) was a German geographer and cartographer, who made maps of the Americas.

* Moritz of Limburg ( 1633 – 1664 ), German nobility

His son Mulay r-Rshid ( 1664 – 1672 ) was able to unite and pacify the country.

In 1659, the last Saʻdī sultan was overthrown in the conquest of Marrakech by Mulay r-Rshid ( 1664 – 1672 ).

* 1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker ( d. 1664 )

* 1664 – Louis XIV of France inaugurates the Palace of Versailles.

Smith saw English merchant Thomas Mun ( 1571 – 1641 ) as a major creator of the mercantile system, especially in his posthumously published Treasure by Foreign Trade ( 1664 ), which Smith considered the archetype or manifesto of the movement.

Moïse Amyraut, Latin Moyses Amyraldus ( Bourgueil, September 1596 – January 8, 1664 ), in English texts often Moses Amyraut, was a French Protestant theologian and metaphysician.

* 1664 – Henry Wharton, English writer ( d. 1695 )

In 1450, the Italian art architect Leon Battista Alberti invented the first mechanical anemometer ; in 1664 it was re-invented by Robert Hooke ( who is often mistakenly considered the inventor of the first anemometer ).

Man was published posthumously in Latin translation in 1662 ; and The World posthumously in 1664.

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.

Nonetheless, the marriage produced three children: Marie Louise d ' Orléans, future queen of Spain, who left France in 1679 when Philippe was just five ; Philippe Charles ( 1664 – 1666 ), Duke of Valois ; and Anne Marie d ' Orléans, born at Saint-Cloud in 1669, later queen consort of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ( they became the maternal grandparents of Philippe's future protégé Louis XV ).

In 1662 the first extant poem by Bashō was published ; in 1664 two of his hokku were printed in a compilation, and in 1665 Bashō and Yoshitada composed a hyakuin, or one-hundred-verse renku, with some acquaintances.

Beginning in 1664 British colonization began ; after a series of wars between the Dutch and English, the area stabilized under British rule, with strong influences from the Quaker communities under the auspices of Proprietor William Penn.

When Winston departed for Ireland the following year, John enrolled at the Dublin Free School ; but by 1664, following his father's recall to the position of Junior Clerk Comptroller of the King's Household at Whitehall, John had transferred his studies to St Paul's School in London.

In January 1664 Colbert became the Superintendent of buildings ; in 1665 he became Controller-General of Finances ; in 1669, he became Secretary of State of the Navy ; he also gained appointments as minister of commerce, of the colonies and of the palace.

* Macbeth ( performed 5 November 1664 ; printed 1674 ), an operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth

* The Rivals ( c. 1664 ; printed 1668 ), a revision of The Two Noble Kinsmen

Urban conflicts in Free Imperial Cities, which sometimes amounted to class warfare, were not uncommon in the Early Modern Age, particularly in the 17th century ( Lübeck, 1598 – 1669 ; Schwäbisch Hall, 1601 – 1604 ; Frankfurt, 1612 – 1614 ; Wezlar, 1612 – 1615 ; Erfurt, 1648 – 1664 ; Cologne, 1680 – 1685 ; Hamburg 1678-1693, 1702 – 1708 ).

The two guinea coin was produced in 1664, 1665 ( possibly only 1 coin ), 1669, 1671, and 1675-1684 inclusive ; until 1669 the weight limits were 16. 6-16. 8 grams, afterward 16. 5-16. 7 grams.

In 1664 he published at London an edition of the Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius that contains an unedited anonymous life of Aristotle ; this life was known as ' Vita Menagiana ' before the critical edition by Ingemar Düring, Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell 1957 ; reprinted New York, Garland, 1987, pp. 80 – 93 ) with the title ' Vita Hesychii ' ( the attribution to Hesychius of Miletus is controversial ).

De Fer in turn had copied images that were first printed in books by Louis Hennepin, published in 1697, and François Du Creux, in 1664.

In 1664 King Louis XIV bought out the independent island owners and established the French West India Company.

* February 9 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general ( b. 1664 )

The picture frame with the 2 children are the other 2 daughters of Louis and Maria Theresa who died in 1662 and 1664.

The powerful King Louis XIV of France supported François Louis, Prince of Conti ( 1664 – 1709 ).

At the urging of several bishops, and at the personal insistence of King Louis XIV, Pope Alexander VII sent to France the apostolic constitution Regiminis Apostolici ( dated February 15, 1664 ) which required all French Catholics to subscribe to the following formulary:

** Princess Marie Anne of France ( 1664 ), daughter of Louis XIV,

:* Louis Lully ( 1664 – 1734 ), his oldest son

In 1664, Louis transferred the island, this time to the newly-established Compagnie des Indes Occidentales.

Court gossip assigned some part of Montausier's favour to the complaisance of his wife, who, appointed lady-in-waiting to the queen in 1664, favoured Louis XIV's passion for Louise de la Vallière, and subsequently protected Madame de Montespan, who found refuge from her husband with her.

They had two children, Louis Armand ( 1661 – 1685 ), and François Louis ( 1664 – 1709 ).

* Louis François, duc de Boufflers, comte de Cagny ( 1664 – 1711 ), Marshal of France in 1693

Later, the French East India Company, founded in 1664 and chartered by King Louis XIV, established shipyards there, thus giving an impetus to the development of the city.

Later, the first building campaign ( 1664 – 1668 ) commenced with The Plaisirs de l ’ Île enchantée of 1664, a week-long celebration at the palace of Versailles ostensibly held in honour of France's two queens, Louis XIV's mother and wife, exposed Louise de La Vallière's role as the king's maîtresse-en-titre.

François Louis de Bourbon ( 30 April 1664 – 9 February 1709 ) was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother Louis Armand in 1685.

Having no descendants, he was succeeded as Prince of Conti by his younger brother, François Louis de Bourbon ( 1664 – 1709 ).

* Louis Joseph ( 1650 – 1671 ; s. 1664 )