Explore 164 historical events from 1660–1669.
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)
Pietro Ottoboni was an Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, who was also born Pietro Ottoboni. He is remembered especially as a great patron of music and art. O…
Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and art collector (died 1740)
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
Saint-Pierre is a town and commune of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique, founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc. Before the total destruction of Saint-Pierr…
An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second…
Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy was a Russian field marshal, promoted in 1728. The son of Yuriy Trubetskoy, as a member of the House of Trubetskoy, he was a member of the inner ci…
Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal (died 1750)
Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and…
Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (died 1748)
Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and…
Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1748)
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow was Queen of Denmark and Norway as the first wife of King Frederick IV of Denmark. In 1708–09, she was regent during her husband's trip to Italy.
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (died 1721)
Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri was an Italian Jesuit priest, scholastic philosopher, and mathematician. He is considered the forerunner of non-Euclidean geometry.
Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1733)
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)
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)
Francesco Maria Sforza Pallavicino or Pallavicini, was an Italian cardinal, philosopher, theologian, literary theorist, and church historian.
Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian cardinal and historian (born 1607)
Abraham Cowley was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his Works…
Abraham Cowley, English poet and author (born 1618)
Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli, was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino who, with his contemporaries Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro d…
Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (born 1599)
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was an English cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. He is sometimes known as the "Sh…
Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint (born 1613)
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
The Second Anglo-Dutch War began on 4 March 1665 and concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Breda on 31 July 1667. It was the second in a series of naval wars fought between E…
The Second Anglo-Dutch War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Breda.
The Four Days' Battle was a naval engagement fought from 11 to 14 June 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It began off the Flemish coast and ended near the English coast, and …
A four day long naval engagement between the Dutch and English fleet ends, with the English suffering heavier losses
The Royal Exchange is a building in central London, built to house the London Stock Exchange, which now operates elsewhere. Today, the Royal Exchange contains restaurants and luxur…
The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.