Historical Events In 1666
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Jan 09 New France Governor Daniel de Remy de Courcelle 1626-1698 leads a 500-man military campaign against the Mohawks 


Jan 18 Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56. 


Jan 20 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 


Jan 24 Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77. 


Jan 26 France declares war on England and Munster 


Feb 01 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 


Feb 15 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist (eardrums, glottis) 


Feb 16 Netherlands and Brandenburg sign treaty 


Feb 24 Nicholas Lanier, composer, dies at 77 


Mar 15 Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden). 


Mar 21 In this year, Intendant Jean Talon starts census of New France; 3000 persons counted in the inaugural Canadian census. 


Apr 17 Francois Valentijn, Dutch vicar/writer 


Apr 18 Peace of Kleef: Netherlands and bishop Von Galen of Munster. 


Apr 25 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer 


May 06 Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79. 


Jun 04 Battle at Duinkerk: English vs Dutch fleet 


Jun 11 -14] Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) 


Jun 11 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55. 


Jun 15 Pieter de Bitter, Dutch admiral (Colombo, Goa), dies 


Jun 26 Richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies 


Jun 30 Adam Krieger, German composer, dies at 32 


Aug 04 Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique and St Christopher; thousands die 


Aug 04 Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle. 


Aug 05 English fleet beats Dutch under Michiel the Ruyter 


Aug 06 Tsjerk H de Vries, fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43 


Aug 09 Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire". 


Aug 15 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies. 


Aug 16 Henriette Amalia, monarch of Nassau-Dietz 


Aug 20 Alphonse d' Eve, composer. 


Aug 24 Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57. 


Aug 27 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89) 


Aug 30 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies 


Sep 01 French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86 


Sep 01 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed upside the fire cleanns up th ecity. 


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