Editing 1664 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 14]] &ndash; All grants to the Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique for development of French-claimed islands in the Caribbean Sea are revoked by King [[Louis XIV]], including the rights to the islands of [[Martinique]] and [[Saint Lucia]] that had been sold to [[Marie Bonnard du Parquet]] prior to her death in 1659.
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Juan Alonso de Cuevas y Dávalos]] is appointed as the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico by [[Pope Alexander VII]], to allow Archbishop [[Mateo de Sagade de Bugueyro]] to return to [[Spain]].  Archbishop Cuevas is installed on November 15 upon his arrival in Mexico City.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Robert Hooke]] discovers [[Jupiter]]'s [[Great Red Spot]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jupiter – The Great Red Spot|url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/jupiter/greatredspot.shtml|work=Enchanted Learning|access-date=2011-11-24}}</ref>
* [[May 12]] &ndash; The original version of ''[[Tartuffe]]'', a comedy by French playwright and actor [[Molière]], is given its first performance, staged at the [[Palace of Versailles]]
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Guerin Spranger]], commander of the Dutch fortress at [[Cayenne]] in South America, surrenders without a fight to French commander [[Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy]] and 1,200 employees of the [[Compagnie de la France équinoxiale]], giving France control of the territory that becomes the colony of [[French Guiana]].  {{sfn|Southey|1827|p=48}}
* [[May 28]] &ndash; King Louis XIV of France establishes the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales by royal decree to replace the recently cancelled Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique.
* [[June 3]] &ndash; In the city of [[Mantua]] in [[Italy]], the world's oldest continuously published private newspaper, ''[[Gazzetta di Mantova]]'', publishes its first-known issue. The newspaper would celebrate its 350th anniversary in [[2014]].<ref>[https://nicedie.eu/home/calendario/il-3-giugno-1664-nasce-il-piu-antico-giornale-del-mondo-ancora-in-edicola-gazzettino-mantova.html "Il 3 giugno 1664 (forse anche prima) nasce il più antico giornale del mondo ancora in edicola"] ("On the 3rd day of June 1664 (perhaps even earlier) the oldest newspaper in the world still on newsstands was born"), Nicedie.eu</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=5 The top oldest newspapers|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-260871225.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610083636/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-260871225.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-06-10|newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]]|location=England|date=July 8, 2011}}</ref>
* [[June 5]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Novi Zrin (1664)|siege of the Croatian fortress]] at [[Novi Zrin]] (located near the village of [[Donja Dubrava, Međimurje County|Donja Dubrava]] in [[Croatia]] near its border with [[Hungary]]).  After a 32-day defense, the Croatian defenders surrender to troops of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Kronenbourg Brewery]] (Brasseries Kronenbourg) is founded in [[Strasbourg]].
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]] carries over to North America as soldiers of the English Army invade the Dutch colony of [[New Netherland]], promised by King Charles II of England to his brother, the Duke of York.  By October, the Dutch Republic surrenders the colony to the English and New Netherland (and its largest city, [[New Amsterdam]]) are renamed in honor of York.