🕰️ Year
What Happened in 1663 — Events, Births & Deaths
1663 brings together 2 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
March 1
- March 14
According to his own account, Otto von Guericke completes his book Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, detailing his experiments on vacuum and his discovery of electrostatic repulsion.
July 1
- July 27
The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. After the Acts of Union 1707, Scotland would be included in the Act.