1660 Events January–June January 1 * Colonel George Monck crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream , and begins his advance towards London in support of the English Restoration . * Samuel Pepys begins his diary. February 3 - George Monck and his regiment arrive in London. February 13 - Charles XI becomes king of Sweden at the age of five, upon the death of his father, Charles X Gustavus . February 27 - John Thurloe is reinstated as England's Secretary of State , having been deprived of his offices late in the previous year. March 16 - The Long Parliament disbands. April 4 - The Declaration of Breda promises amnesty, freedom of conscience , and army back pay, in return for support for the English Restoration. May 3 - Treaty of Oliva: Peace is made between Swedish Empire , the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , the Habsburgs and Brandenburg-Prussia . May 8 - The Parliament of England declares Prince Charles Stuart, King Charles II of England . May 15 - John Thurloe is arrested for high treason , for his support of Oliver Cromwell's regime. May 25 - Charles II of England lands at Dover . May 27 - The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, marking the conclusion of the Second Northern War . Sweden returns Trøndelag to Norway, and Bornholm to Denmark. May 29 - King Charles II of England arrives in London and assumes the throne, marking the beginning of the English Restoration. June 1 - Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony . June 29 - John Thurloe is released from custody.July–December August 19 - Dr Edward Stanley preaches a sermon in the nave of Winchester Cathedral , to commemorate the return of the Chapter, following the English Restoration. September 25 - Samuel Pepys has his first cup of tea . October 17 - The ten regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered , a process which includes their being disemboweled and their bowels burned before their eyes. November 28 - At Gresham College in London, twelve men, including Christopher Wren , Robert Boyle , John Wilkins , and Sir Robert Moray meet after a lecture by Wren, and decide to found "a College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning". December - Andres Malong, a native chieftain of Pangasinan, Philippines, leads a revolt against the Spanish regime. December 8 - The first English actress appears on the professional stage in England in a non-singing rôle, as Desdemona in Othello , following reopening of the theatres.Date unknown The Royal African Company is founded by James II of England , to trade slaves along the coast of West Africa . Blaise Pascal's Lettres provinciales , a defense of the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld , is ordered to be shredded and burned by King Louis XIV of France . The expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique is carried out, by French occupying forces. Hopkins School is founded. The Rigsraad of Denmark is abolished and Denmark–Norway becomes an absolute monarchy with the Kingdom of Denmark as a hereditary monarchy by Frederik III . A permanent standing army is established in Prussia . Births January 2 - Francis Hutchinson , Irish bishop January 14 - Joseph Boyse , Presbyterian minister January 27 - Felice Cignani , Italian painter January - Hippolyte Hélyot , French historian February 13 - Johann Sigismund Kusser , German composer February 19 - Friedrich Hoffmann , German physician and chemist February 20 - Leonhard Dientzenhofer , German architect February 24 - John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl March 5 - George Stanhope , Dean of Canterbury March 9 - Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer , German sculptor March 12 - Zofia Czarnkowska Opalińska , mother-in-law of King Stanislaus I of Poland March 15 - Olof Rudbeck the Younger , Swedish scientist and explorer March 24 - Filippo Antonio Gualterio , Italian Catholic cardinal March 25 - Samuel Crellius , Arian philosopher and theologian March 28 - Arnold Houbraken , Dutch painter April 6 - Johann Kuhnau , German composer, organist and harpsichordist April 16 - Hans Sloane , British physician April 19 - Sebastián Durón , Spanish composer April 24 - Cornelis Dusart , Dutch painter By May - Anne Killigrew , English poet and painter May 2 - Alessandro Scarlatti , Italian composer May 5 - David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven , British politician May 20 - Andreas Schlüter , German sculptor June 3 - Johannes Schenck , Dutch musician and composer June 5 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough , British aristocrat June 7 - King George I of Great Britain June 17 - Jan van Mieris , Dutch painter July 24 - Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury , English politician July 27 - Johann Patkul , Livonian nobleman, politician August 2 - Luis Francisco de la Cerda , Spanish noble, politician August 11 - Henrietta Wentworth, 6th Baroness Wentworth of England August 17 - Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet of England August 21 - Hubert Gautier , French engineer August 27 * Robert Wroth , British politician * Claude-François Fraguier , French churchman, writer September 2 - Louis Chéron , French painter September 25 - Willem Verschuring , Dutch painter September 26 - George William, Duke of Liegnitz September - Daniel Defoe , English writer October 20 - Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven , English statesman October 21 - Georg Ernst Stahl , German physician and chemist October 22 - Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge October 30 * Albrecht Konrad Finck von Finckenstein , German general * Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg November 4 * Albert Angell , Norwegian civil servant * Samuel Russell , Minister of Branford, Yale co-founder November 7 - Ferdinand Johann Adam von Pernau , Austrian ornithologist November 11 - Francesco Maria de' Medici, Duke of Rovere and Montefeltro , Italian Catholic cardinal November 15 - Hermann von der Hardt , German historian November 20 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski , Czech bishop November 22 - Franz Karl of Auersperg , Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Münsterberg November 28 - Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria November 30 - Victor-Marie d'Estrées , Marshal of France December 4 - André Campra , French composer December 18 - Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg , German countess December 25 - Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester , English politician December 26 - Peter Schenk the Elder , German engraver and cartographer December 27 - Veronica Giuliani , Italian Capuchin mystic date unknown * Chen Shu , Chinese painter * Johann Joseph Fux , Austrian composer * Jeanne Dumée , French astronomer * Thomas Southerne , Irish playwrightDeaths January 16 - Peter Wtewael , Dutch painter February 2 * Govert Flinck , Dutch painter * Gaston, Duke of Orléans , French politician February 6 - Martin de Redin , Spanish 58th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller February 10 - Judith Leyster , Dutch painter February 13 - King Charles X Gustav of Sweden March - Philip Skippon , English soldier March 5 - Felice Ficherelli , Italian painter March 15 - Louise de Marillac , French co-founder of the Daughters of Charity April 4 - Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia , Frisian prince April 6 * Giovanni Battista Hodierna , Italian astronomer * Michelangelo Cerquozzi , Italian painter April 25 - Henry Hammond , English churchman April 26 - Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate , wife of George William April 30 - Petrus Scriverius , Dutch writer May 21 - Adam Dollard des Ormeaux , iconic figure in the history of New France May 29 * Frans van Schooten , Dutch mathematician * George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare , Irish earl June 1 - Mary Dyer, English Quaker June 2 - Annet de Clermont-Gessant , French 59th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller June 5 -Anne Holck, Danish noble and war heroine June 7 - George II Rákóczi , Transylvanian ruler June 8 - Lorentz Eichstadt , German mathematician and astronomer June 13 - Lady Katherine Ferrers , English aristocrat and heiress June 30 - William Oughtred , English mathematician July 7 - Anna of Pomerania , Duchess-Consort of Croy and Havré August 2 - Agostino Mitelli , Italian painter August 6 - Diego Velázquez , Spanish painter August 10 - Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond August 14 * Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat , Italian noble * William Lytton , Member of Parliament August 31 - Johann Freinsheim , German classical scholar, critic September 12 - Jacob Cats , Dutch poet, jurist and politician September 13 - Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester , son of Charles I September 15 - John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau September 27 - Vincent de Paul , French saint October 4 - Francesco Albani , Italian painter October 6 - Paul Scarron , French writer October 14 - Thomas Harrison , English soldier October 17 - Adrian Scrope , English regicide November 5 * Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle , English socialite * Alexandre de Rhodes , French Jesuit missionary November 27 - John Finch, 1st Baron Finch , English judge November 30 - Prince Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg December 1 - Pierre d'Hozier , French historian December 22 - André Tacquet , Belgian mathematician December 24 - Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange December 27 - Hervey Bagot , English politician approximate - William Stone , Colonial governor of Maryland
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