London. August 20 – Ignatius Andrew Akijan is installed as the new Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church for Christians within the Muslim-ruled Ottoman Empire after his appointment is confirmed by the Sultan Mehmed IV. August 24 – The Act of Uniformity goes into effect on St Bartholomew's Day, making mandatory in the Church of England the forms of worship prescribed in the new edition of the Book of Common Prayer the deadline having been set for "every clergyman and every schoolmaster... to express, by August 24, his unfeigned consent to everything contained in the Book of Common Prayer. This is followed by the resignation of over 2,000 clergy who resign "for conscience sake". Those who refuse to take the required oath of conformity to the established church are subject to the Great Ejection from their jobs. September 9 – The Parliament of Scotland passes the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion, an amnesty (with numerous specific exceptions) for most political crimes committed by Scottish citizens during the years between January 1, 1637 (prior to the 1639 beginning of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and before the restoration of the monarchy on September 16, 1660. September 29 – The first payments under England's hearth tax law, enacted on May 19, become due. October–December October 27 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France, for £400,000 (2.5 million French livres). November 28 – The English Royal Society holds its first meeting. December 4 – The Purefoy baronets British nobility title is created. December 20 – Nicolas Fouquet is banished from France. December 26 – Molière's play, The School for Wives, is given its première in Paris. Date unknown Robert Boyle publishes Nova experimenta physico-mechanica in Oxford (2nd edition), setting forth the law bearing his name. Joan Blaeu publishes Atlas Maior, sive cosmographia Blaviana in Amsterdam (first complete edition, 11 volumes in Latin). Milton, Massachusetts is incorporated as a town. John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, publishes statistical information about births and deaths in London. The Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg is founded in Germany. Births January 1 – Balaji Vishwanath, Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (d. 1720) January 4 – Jeanne Le Ber, religious recluse in New France (d. 1714) January 6 – Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, English diplomat (d. 1723) January 9 – John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, England (d. 1711) January 12