* 1665 – John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )

* 1665 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer ( d. 1729 )

* 1665 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer ( d. 1721 )

* Principality of Anhalt-Plötzkau 1544 – 1553 and 1603 – 1665

Thābit's formula was rediscovered by Fermat ( 1601 – 1665 ) and Descartes ( 1596 – 1650 ), to whom it is sometimes ascribed, and extended by Euler ( 1707 – 1783 ).

Other notable 17th-century outbreaks were the Italian Plague ( 1629 – 1631 ); the Great Plague of Seville ( 1647 – 1652 ); the Great Plague of London ( 1665 – 1666 ); and the Great Plague of Vienna ( 1679 ).

Nicolas Poussin ( 1594 – 1665 ), French.

* 1665 – Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite ( b. 1588 )

* 1726 – Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian ( b. 1665 )

* 1729 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer ( b. 1665 )

* 1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter

* 1665 – Tarquinio Merula, Italian composer

* Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet ( c. 1632 – 1665 )

* 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher ( d. 1665 )

The Great Plague ( 1665 – 1666 ) was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in the Kingdom of England ( part of modern day United Kingdom ).

Despite the arguably greater architectural inventiveness of Borromini and Cortona, Bernini's artistic pre-eminence, particularly during the reigns of popes Urban VIII ( 1623 – 1644 ) and Alexander VII ( 1655 – 1665 ), meant he was able to secure the most important commission in the Rome of his day, St. Peter's Basilica.

Philip III was succeeded in 1621 by his son Philip IV of Spain ( reigned 1621 – 1665 ).

In the reign of Philip's developmentally disabled son and successor Charles II ( 1665 – 1700 ), Spain was essentially left leaderless and was gradually being reduced to a second-rank power.

* August 1 – Queen Anne of Great Britain ( b. 1665 )

Anne ( 6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714 ) ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702.

Anne was born at 11: 39 p. m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of James, Duke of York ( afterwards James II and VII ), and his first wife, Anne Hyde.

* Louise de La Fayette ( 1618 – 1665 ), maid-of-honor to Anne of Austria

So it was that in 1665 Arabella became Maid of Honour to Anne Hyde, the Duchess of York.

" Queen Anne " generally refers to Anne, Queen of Great Britain ( 1665 – 1714 ), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702, and of Great Britain from 1707.

His biographer Ferris Greenslet attributed Glanvill's interest in the topic to a house party in February 1665 at Ragley Hall, home of Lady Anne Conway, where other guests were More, Francis van Helmont, and Valentine Greatrakes.

Seven children followed: Mary ( 1662 – 1694 ), James ( 1663 – 1667 ), Anne ( 1665 – 1714 ), Charles ( 1666 – 1667 ), Edgar ( 1667 – 1671 ) and two daughters, Henrietta ( 1669 – 1669 ) and Catherine ( 1671 – 1671 ); all of her sons and two of her daughters died in infancy.

She began her relationship with James, then Duke of York, around 1665, while he was still married to Anne Hyde.

* Anne of Great Britain ( 1665 – 1714 ), known as Princess Anne before her succession to the throne

In 1665, the comte de Guiche was exiled from the court with Philippe reporting to Queen Anne that Henrietta had had private interviews with the dashing nobleman.

* Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet ( 1665 – 1721 ), who was created a baronet in 1701, was Lord Advocate under Anne and George I.

" William Henry, Duke of Gloucester ( 1689 – 1700 ), son of Queen Anne ( 1665 – 1714 ), could have ruled Great Britain " Journal of Medical Biography 16: 44 – 51.

In Defoe's early life he experienced first-hand some of the most unusual occurrences in English history: in 1665, 70, 000 were killed by the Great Plague of London.

A work that is often read as if it were non-fiction is his account of the Great Plague of London in 1665: A Journal of the Plague Year, a complex historical novel published in 1722.

The Great Plague of 1665 was the last major outbreak of the plague in England.

The Great Plague in London in 1665.

In 1665, London was swept by a visitation of the plague, and then, in 1666, the capital was swept by the Great Fire, which raged for 5 days, destroying approximately 15, 000 buildings.

The Great Plague of London of 1665 – 66 was the last major outbreak of the plague in England.

In particular it is an invaluable source for the study of the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665 – 7, of the Great Plague of 1665, and of the Great Fire of London in 1666.

In 1665, Charles was faced with a great health crisis: the Great Plague of London.

Denmark started colonies on St. Thomas in 1665 and St. John in 1683 ( though control of the latter was disputed with Great Britain until 1718 ), and purchased St. Croix from France in 1733.

* Great Plague of London, a massive outbreak in England that killed an estimated 20 % of London's population in 1665 – 1666

* Samuel Pepys lodged in Woolwich during 1665 to escape the Great Plague of London.

He grew up in Chester, where his family had been driven by either the major outbreak of the plague in London in 1665, or the Great Fire of 1666.

In 1664 Monck had charge of the admiralty when James, Duke of York, commanded the fleet, and when in 1665 much of the populace deserted London on account of the Great Plague, Monck, with all the readiness of a man accustomed to obey without thinking of risk, remained in charge of the government of the city.

However in common with many ' Little Londons ' approximately or so from London, it has also been claimed that the name was given by settlers escaping the Great Plague of London of 1665.