1660 Calendar

February 13, 1660 – With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government can start to seek peace with Sweden’s enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles X Gustav had refused. As his son and successor on the throne, Charles XI, is only four years old, a regency takes over the ruling of Sweden until 1672.

February 23, 1660 – Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.

March 16, 1660 – The Long Parliament dissolved.

April 4, 1660 – Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of England.

April 23, 1660 – Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.

May 29, 1660 – English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of Great Britain.

June 1, 1660 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

October 17, 1660 – Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered.

November 28, 1660 – At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.

December 31, 1660 – James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.

February 19, 1660 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)

May 2, 1660 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1725)

May 20, 1660 – Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor (d. 1714)

May 28, 1660 – King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)

June 5, 1660 – Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744)

July 24, 1660 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (d. 1718)

August 21, 1660 – Hubert Gautier, French scientist and civil engineer (d. 1737)

October 21, 1660 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German scientist (d. 1734)

November 15, 1660 – Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)

December 4, 1660 – André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)