Explore 207 historical events from 1660–1669.
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)
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)
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, was a German regent, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and co-regent of the Electorate of Bavaria during the …
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610)
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)
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)
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.
His Majesty's Royal Marines are the United Kingdom's special operations-capable naval infantry force and constitute one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. They provide a …
The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
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)
Andreas Gryphius was a German poet and playwright. With his eloquent sonnets, which contains "The Suffering, Frailty of Life and the World", he is considered one of the most import…
Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (born 1616)
Maria Cunitz or Maria Cunitia was an accomplished Silesian astronomer, and the most notable female astronomer of the early modern era. She authored a book Urania propitia, in which…
Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer and author (born 1610)
Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish Baroque painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained …
Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter and educator (born 1598)
Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English monarchs. Th…
The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the…