Editing 1664 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)|Battle of Saint Gotthard]]: The [[Ottoman Empire]] is defeated by a [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg]] army, led by [[Raimondo Montecuccoli]], leading to the [[Peace of Vasvár]].
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[John Lisle|Sir John Lisle]], a former member of the English House of Commons who had been designated a [[regicide]] for his role in signing the death warrant in the execution in [[1649]] of [[Charles I of England]], is assassinated in a church courtyard in [[Lausanne]] in Switzerland.  Lisle had gone into exile after the [[Stuart Restoration|restoration of the monarchy in 1660]].  The shooting of Lisle, done on order of [[King Charles II of England|King Charles II]], is carried out by a team led by royal agent [[James Fitz Edmond Cotter|James Cotter]]. 
* [[August 27]] &ndash; The [[Louis XIV's East India Company|French East India Company]] (''Compagnie des Indes Orientales'') is founded.
* [[September 8]] (August 29 O.S.) &ndash; [[Peter Stuyvesant]], [[Director-General of New Amsterdam|Director-General]] of the [[Dutch Republic]] [[colony]] of [[New Netherland]], surrenders [[New Amsterdam]] to an English naval squadron, commanded by Colonel [[Richard Nicolls]], without bloodshed. The English promptly rename the fledgling city [[New York City|New York]], after the [[James II of England|Duke of York (later King James II)]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History|last=Homberger|first=Eric|year=2005|page=34|publisher=Owl Books|isbn=0-8050-7842-8}}</ref>
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The French Navy ship [[French ship Tigre (1642)|''Tigre'']] sinks off of the coast of the island of [[Sardinia]], with the loss of 64 men.  Another 58 of the crew are rescued.