Historical Events In 1660

May 25   English King Charles II lands in Dover in the year 1660.  

May 27   Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire on this day in history.  

May 28   George I, King of England (1714-27) on this day in history.  

May 28   The birth of George I, British King in the year 1660.  

May 29   Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth in the year 1660.  

May 29   In the year 1660 gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle  

Jun 01   Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1660.  

Jun 01   Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred) in the year 1660.  

Jun 03   Johannes Schenck, composer in the year 1660.  

Jun 06   Denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty in the year 1660.  

Aug 06   In the year 1660 diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez, Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61  

Aug 12   Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building in the year 1660.  

Sep 08   On this day in history daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54  

Sep 12   Jacob Cats, [Father Cats], pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Sep 27   St Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Cong founder, dies on this day in history.  

Oct 07   Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Oct 13   Denmark king Frederik III makes coup in the year 1660.  

Oct 14   Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72 in the year 1660.  

Oct 15   Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam on this day in history.  

Oct 17   On this day in history nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged.  

Nov 12   John Bunyan an English Baptist minister is jailed for preaching without a licence on this day in history.  

Nov 15   On this day in history 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam)  

Nov 28   London Royal Society forms in the year 1660.  

Dec 03   Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on this day in history.  

Dec 04   On this day in history andre Campra, composer  

Dec 12   Peter Rabus, poet/translator (Liberated Britanje) in the year 1660.  

Dec 15   Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan in the year 1660.  

Dec 24   Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Dec 26   Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised in the year 1660.  

Dec 31   James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France on this day in history.  

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Feb 13   Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born in the year 1660.  

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/dean of artisans  

Feb 19   In the year 1660 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)  

Mar 28   In the year 1660 birth of arnold Houbraken, Dutch schilder/writer  

Mar 28   In the year 1660 birth of georg Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/King George I of Gt Britain  

Apr 06   In the year 1660 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer  

Apr 16   On this day in history birth of hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder (British Museum)  

Apr 19   In the year 1660 birth of sebastian Duron, composer  

Feb 02   On this day in history govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45  

Feb 13   In the year 1660 charles X Gustaaf, king of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37  

Feb 15   Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history death of judith Jansdochter Leyster, Dutch painter, buried  

Apr 25   In the year 1660 death of henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)  

Apr 30   Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84 in the year 1660.  

May 29   On this day in history gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle  

Jun 01   Mary Dyer, English Quaker (martyred) died on this day in history.