Explore 164 historical events from 1660–1669.
The Battle of Montes Claros was fought on 17 June 1665, near Borba, between Spanish and a combined Anglo-Portuguese force as the last major battle in the Portuguese Restoration War…
Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Rest
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)
Samuel Penhallow was a Cornish colonist, historian, and militia leader in present-day Maine during Queen Anne's War and Dummer's War. He was the commander at Fort Menaskoux and was…
Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)
Giacomo Filippo Maraldi was a French-Italian astronomer and mathematician. His name is also given as Jacques Philippe Maraldi. Born in Perinaldo he was the nephew of Giovanni Cassi…
Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (died 1729)
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)
Count Magnus Stenbock was a Swedish field marshal (Fältmarskalk) and Royal Councillor. A commander of the Carolean Army during the Great Northern War, he was a prominent member of …
Magnus Stenbock, Swedish field marshal and Royal Councillor (died 1717)
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue was a French lieutenant and captain in the colonial regular troops, and seigneur of Châteauguay. Robutel de La Noue was born in Montreal, New France. He…
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (died 1733)
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol was an English Whig politician.
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died 1751)
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, OIC,, was an abbess and spiritual writer. She is best known for her extensive correspondence with King Philip IV of Spain and her reports of bilocation bet…
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (born 1602)
Pieter Janszoon Saenredam was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, known for his distinctive paintings of whitewashed church interiors such as Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem…
Pieter Jansz
Egbert Bartholomeuszoon Kortenaer or Egbert Meussen Cortenaer was an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands who was killed in the Battle of Lowestoft.
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (born 1604)
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665.
Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (born 1630)
Elisabetta Sirani was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in unexplained circumstances at the age of 27. She was one of the first women artists in early modern Bolog…
Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (born 1638)
Jean Bolland, SJ was a Flemish Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent hagiographer.
Jean Bolland, Belgian priest and hagiographer (born 1596)
Philip IV, also called the Planet King, was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered for his patronage of the arts, includi…
Philip IV, king of Spain (born 1605)
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 …
Inaugural celebrations begin at Louis XIV's new Palace of Versailles
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was a state that spanned much of Southeastern Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century…
Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli,…
François Louis de Bourbon, le Grand Conti, was Prince de Conti, succeeding his brother, Louis Armand de Bourbon, in 1685. Until this date, he used the title of Prince of La Roche-s…
François Louis, Prince of Conti (died 1709)
Andreas Schlüter was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Russia.
Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect (died 1714)
Matthew Prior was an English poet, statesman, and diplomat, who played a crucial role in securing the Treaties of Utrecht, serving as Minister Plenipotentiary to France from 1712 t…
Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (died 1721)
Elizabeth Poole or Pole was an English settler in Plymouth Colony who founded the town of Taunton, Massachusetts. She was the first woman known to have founded a town in the Americ…
Elizabeth Poole, English settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (born 1588)
The Habsburg monarchy, also known as the Habsburg Empire or Habsburg Realm, and Danube Monarchy, was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities that …
The Habsburg empire and the Ottoman empire sign the peace treaty of Vasvár, which results in peace until 1683.
Katherine or Catherine Philips, also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pie…
Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet (born 1631)
Stefano della Bella was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre s…
Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (born 1610)