6th » Restoration (England) called English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London or London, England.
19th » Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
30th » Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector Cromwellian republican Commonwealth e.g Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of Charles I of England e.g the monarch he himself de
Famous Birthdays on January in 1661
30th » Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (d. 1741)
Famous Deaths for January 1661
19th » Thomas Venner, English rebel leader (b. 1599)