Explore 207 historical events from 1660–1669.
Andrea Sacchi was an Italian painter of High Baroque Classicism, active in Rome. A generation of artists who shared his style of art include the painters Nicolas Poussin and Giovan…
Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (born 1599)
Sir Hugh Speke, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1661.
Sir Hugh Speke, 1st Baronet
Jin Shengtan, original name Jin Renrui (金人瑞), also known as Jin Kui (金喟), was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature…
Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (born 1608)
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The de facto head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and 16…
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (born 1607)
Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his Worthies of England, published in 1662, after his death. He was a prol…
Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (born 1608)
Jacqueline Pascal was a French poet and Jansenist nun. The sister of Gilberte Périer and Blaise Pascal, she began writing poetry at a young age and gained recognition for it. As an…
Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (born 1625)
Guru Har Rai revered as the seventh Nanak, was the seventh of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He became the Sikh leader at age 14, on 3 March 1644, after the death of his grandfath…
Guru Har Rai, Indian 7th Sikh guru (born 1630)
Agustín Moreto y Cavana, was a Spanish Catholic priest and dramatist.
Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)
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
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
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 lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed
The Stuart Restoration was the return in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ending the Interregnum and the Commonwealth of England t…
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland
The Regicides of Charles I were the men responsible for the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649. The term generally refers to the fifty-nine commissioners who signed the exec…
The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
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)
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the…
Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1725)
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was an English courtier who became one of the most influential women of her time through her close relationship with Anne, Queen of Great B…
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (died 1744)
Henri Gautier, sometimes called Hubert Gautier was a French engineer. He was born in Nîmes, France.
Hubert Gautier, French mathematician and engineer (died 1737)
George William was the last Silesian duke of Legnica (Liegnitz) and Brzeg (Brieg) from 1672 until his death. He was the last male member of the Silesian Piast dynasty descending fr…
George William, Duke of Liegnitz (died 1675)
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC, styled 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby between 1666 and 1701, and known as 4th Earl of Lindsey between 1701 and 1706, and as 1s…
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (died 1723)
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury was a British Whig statesman who was part of the Immortal Seven group that invited William of Orange to depose King James II of England durin…
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (died 1718)
Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg was the third son of Duke Ernest Günther and his wife Auguste.
Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (died 1731)
Henry Hammond was an English churchman, church historian and theologian, who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.
Henry Hammond, English cleric and theologian (born 1605)
Petrus Scriverius, the Latinised form of Peter Schrijver or Schryver, was a Dutch writer and scholar on the history of the Low Countries.
Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (born 1576)