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Historical Events for the Year 1660

  • 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)
  • 28th May » George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
  • 5th June » Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)
  • 24th July » Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1718)
  • 21st August » Hubert Gautier, French engineer (d. 1737)
  • 20th October » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1723)
  • 15th November » Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (d. 1746)
  • 20th November » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, Czech-German theologian and reformer (d. 1741)
  • 4th December » André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)

Famous Deaths in History for 1660

  • 2nd February » Gaston, Duke of Orléans (b. 1608)
  • 2nd February » Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b. 1615)
  • 13th February » Charles X Gustav of Sweden (b. 1622)
  • 25th April » Henry Hammond, English cleric and theologian (b. 1605)
  • 30th April » Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576)
  • 29th May » Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1615)
  • 1st June » Mary Dyer, English-American martyr (b. 1611)
  • 30th June » William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (b. 1575)
  • 6th August » Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
  • 27th September » Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint (b. 1581)
  • 4th October » Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)
  • 6th October » Paul Scarron, French poet and author (b. 1610)
  • 17th October » Adrian Scrope, English colonel (b. 1601)
  • 22nd December » André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
  • 24th December » Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)