Incumbents
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- John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, publishes information about births and deaths in London.
- The second edition of Robert Boyle's New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching The Spring of the Air, and its Effects is published in Oxford containing Boyle's Law.
- The Poor Relief Act 1662 ("Settlement and Removal Act") is passed, setting out principles for establishing the parish to which a person belongs (their place of 'settlement'), which would be responsible should they become in need of Poor Relief.
- The Licensing of the Press Act is passed, restricting London printers to a total of 24. Books printed abroad are prohibited. Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets.
- 6 January – Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, diplomat (died 1723)
- 9 January – John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1711)
- 27 January – Richard Bentley, classical scholar (died 1742)
- 10 March – Francis Pierrepont, politician (died 1693)
- 9 April – Edward Hawarden, Catholic theologian (died 1735)
- 30 April – Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland, queen regnant (died 1694)[4]
- 18 May – George Smalridge, Bishop of Bristol (died 1719)
- 7 June – Celia Fiennes, traveller (died 1741)[5]
- 18 June – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, illegitimate son of Charles II, courtier (died 1730)
- 1 July – John Dolben, politician (died 1710)
- 13 August – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, politician (died 1748)
- 6 October – William Walsh, poet, critic, correspondent and Member of Parliament (died 1708)
- 17 October – Arthur Rawdon, Member of Parliament (died 1695)
- 18 October – Matthew Henry, Presbyterian minister (died 1714)
- 11 November
- 26 November – John Hudson, classical scholar (died 1719)
- 17 December – Samuel Wesley, poet and clergyman (died 1735)
- unknown date – Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (died 1722)
- 13 February – Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (born 1596 in Scotland)[6]
- 14 April – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, statesman (born 1582)
- 19 April – Miles Corbet, Puritan politician (born 1595)
- 22 April – John Tradescant the younger, botanist and gardener (born 1608)
- 8 May – Peter Heylin, ecclesiastical writer (born 1599)
- 14 June – Henry Vane the Younger, Governor of Massachusetts (born 1613)
- 3 September – William Lenthall, politician (born 1591)
- 20 September – John Gauden, bishop and writer (born 1605)
- 22 September – John Biddle, Unitarian theologian (born 1615)
- 21 October – Henry Lawes, composer (born 1595)
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