Page 2: Historical Events In 1661
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Aug 16 Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53 in the year 1661.
Aug 26 Louis Couperin, composer, dies on this day in history.
Sep 01 In the year 1661 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James
Sep 01 In the year 1661 the first Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James
Sep 02 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer on this day in history.
Sep 05 In the year 1661 french superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
Sep 12 Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53 on this day in history.
Oct 01 On this day in history yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
Oct 06 Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru on this day in history.
Oct 11 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius) on this day in history.
Oct 26 In the year 1661 johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies
Oct 30 Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter, dies at 74 in the year 1661.
Oct 31 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies in the year 1661.
Nov 06 On this day in history charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain (1665-1700)
Dec 05 On this day in history robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
Dec 18 The "S.S.Elizabeth" of Burntisland lost off the English coast with the Scottish records aboard, being returned from London to which they had been taken by Oliver Cromwell in the year 1661.
Dec 20 Corporation Act enforced in England in the year 1661.
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