Explore 207 historical events from 1660–1669.
Frans van Schooten Jr., also rendered as Franciscus van Schooten, was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes. He translate…
Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (born 1615)
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from t…
Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (born 1611)
George II Rákóczi, was a Hungarian nobleman, Prince of Transylvania (1648–1660), the eldest son of George I and Zsuzsanna Lorántffy.
George II Rákóczi, Prince of Transylvania (born 1621)
William Oughtred, also Owtred, Uhtred, etc., was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. After John Napier discovered logarithms and Edmund Gunter created the logarithmic …
William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (born 1575)
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is ge…
Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter and educator (born 1599)
Esmé Stuart, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox was the son and heir of James Stewart, 1st Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox (1612–1655), of Cobham Hall in Kent, by his w…
Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (born 1649)
Jacob Cats was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books.
Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (born 1577)
Vincent de Paul, CM was a French Catholic priest who dedicated himself to serving the poor and is best known for founding the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Chari…
Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (born 1581)
Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian descent who was active in Bologna, Rome, Viterbo (1609–1610), Mantua (1621–1622) and Florence (1633). He was a…
Francesco Albani, Italian painter (born 1578)
Paul Scarron was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Though his precise birth date is unknown, he was baptised on 4 July 1610. Scarron was the first husband of F…
Paul Scarron, French poet and author (born 1610)
John Cook or Cooke was the first Solicitor General of the English Commonwealth and led the prosecution of Charles I. Following The Restoration, Cook was convicted of regicide and h…
John Cook, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (born 1608)
Colonel Adrian Scrope was a Parliamentarian soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and one of those who signed the death warrant for Charles I in January 1649. Despite bein…
Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (born 1601)
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from t…
Mary Dyer (pictured) was hanged in Boston for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from t…
Mary Dyer was hanged in Boston for repeatedly defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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…
A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England concluded; six…