16th March » The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament (1660) called Convention Parliament.
4th April » Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.
23rd April » Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.
29th May » Restoration (England) called English Restoration: Charles II of England called Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1st June » Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Religious Society of Friends named Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
17th October » List of regicides of Charles I e.g Nine regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England known as Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.
28th November » At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
31st December » James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.
Famous Birthdays in 1660
19th February » Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
6th April » Johann Kuhnau, German organist and composer (d. 1722)
16th April » Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician (d. 1753)
19th April » Sebastián Durón, Spanish composer (d. 1716)
2nd May » Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)