Explore 62 historical events from 1660–1669.
Jacques Lelong was a French bibliographer born in Paris. He joined the Knights of Malta at the age of ten, but later joined the Oratorians.
Jacques Lelong, French author (died 1721)
The Treaty or Peace of Oliva was one of the peace treaties ending the Second Northern War (1655–1660). It was signed on 3 May [O.S. 23 April] 1660. The Treaty of Oliva, the Treaty …
Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, was an Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist, and collector. He had a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing…
Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (died 1753)
The Battle of Long Sault occurred over a five-day period in early May 1660 during the Beaver Wars. It was fought between French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin all…
The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin alli
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Charles II was crowned King of England, Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax was a British politician and poet. He was the grandson of the 1st Earl of Manchester and was eventually ennobled himself, first as Baron Halifa…
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, First Lord of the Treasury (died 1715)
Antonio Bertali was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era.
Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (born 1605)
Issachar Berend Lehmann, Berend Lehmann, Yissakhar Bermann Segal, Yissakhar ben Yehuda haLevi, or Berman Halberstadt, was a German banker, merchant, diplomatic agent as well as arm…
Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (died 1730)
James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was an Irish statesman and army officer. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like hi…
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)
Samuel Pepys was an English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is now most renowned for the diary he kept for almo…
Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary
Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo, also known as the Sack of Maracaibo and the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, was a military event that took place between 16 March and 21 May 1669 d…
Henry Morgan's raid on Lake Maracaibo: the Spanish Armada de Barlovento is defeated by an English Privateer fleet led by
Emerentia von Düben also called Menza, was a Swedish lady-in-waiting, the favourite of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden. She was known for her influence over Ulrika Eleonora.
Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite (died 1743)
Sébastien Vaillant was a French botanist who was born at Vigny in present-day Val d'Oise.
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (died 1722)
Antonio Bertali was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era.
Antonio Bertali, Italian violinist and composer (born 1605)
Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures…
Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (born 1596)
Alain-René Lesage was a French novelist and playwright. Lesage is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks, his comedy Turcaret (1709), and his picaresque novel Gil…
Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (died 1747)
Jan Boeckhorst or Johann Bockhorst was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman who worked most of his career in Antwerp. He was a versatile artist who produced histor…
Jan Boeckhorst, Flemish painter (born c
Frans Luycx or Frans Luyckx was a Flemish painter who became the leading portrait painter at the imperial court of Emperor Ferdinand III in Vienna. He is best known for his portrai…
Frans Luycx, Flemish painter (born 1604)
Mary Catherine of St. Augustine, OSA was a French canoness regular who was instrumental in the development of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec in the colony of New France. She has been bea…
Catherine of St
John Arbuthnot FRS, often known simply as Dr Arbuthnot, was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London. He is best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his m…
John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (died 1735)
Abraham de Moivre was a French mathematician known for de Moivre's formula, a formula that links complex numbers and trigonometry, and for his work on the normal distribution and p…
Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (died 1754)
George Wither was a prolific English poet, pamphleteer, satirist, and writer of hymns. Wither's life spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of England, during th…
George Wither, English poet and author (born 1588)
Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form…
Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (born 1616)
Georges de Scudéry, the elder brother of Madeleine de Scudéry, was a French novelist, dramatist and poet.
Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1601)
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by…
Blind and impoverished, John Milton sells Paradise Lost to a printer for £10, so that it could be entered into the Stati
The French Royal Army was the principal land force of the Kingdom of France. It served the Bourbon dynasty from the reign of Louis XIV in the mid-17th century to that of Charles X …
The French Royal Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, KG, styled Lord Wriothesley before 1624, was an English statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II who after the Restoration of …
Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1607)
Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667.
Pope Alexander VII (born 1599)
Baron Gustaf Bonde was a Swedish statesman. He was a persistent advocate of a pacifist policy at a time when war on the slightest provocation was the watchword of every Swedish pol…
Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (born 1620)
Louis XIV was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as "The Sun King", which portrayed him …
Led by King Louis XIV, the French army invaded the Spanish Netherlands, beginning the War of Devolution
Jean-Féry Rebel was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist.
Jean-Féry Rebel, French violinist and composer (died 1747)
Johann Heinrich Buttstett was a German Baroque organist and composer. Although he was Johann Pachelbel's most important pupil and one of the last major exponents of the south Germa…
Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer (died 1727)
Victor Amadeus II was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a roy…
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (died 1732)