Explore 145 historical events from 1660–1669.
John Ernest Grabe, Anglican divine, was born at Königsberg, where his father, Martin Sylvester Grabe, was professor of theology and history.
John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (died 1711)
Maria Sophia Elisabeth of Neuburg was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King Peter II from 1687 until her death in 1699. A popular queen, she was noted for her extraordinary generos…
Maria Sophia of Neuburg (died 1699)
William Wotton was an English theologian, classical scholar and linguist. He is chiefly remembered for his remarkable abilities in learning languages and for his involvement in t…
William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (died 1727)
Gaspar Schott was a German Jesuit and scientist, specializing in the fields of physics, mathematics and natural philosophy, and known for his industry.
Gaspar Schott, German physicist and mathematician (born 1608)
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, PC was an English poet and translator. He was a diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1666. During the English Civ…
Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (born 1608)
Alexander Brome was an English poet.
Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (born 1620)
Albert VI of Bavaria son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine, born and died in Munich.
Albert VI, German nobleman (born 1584)
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries was a Dutch States Navy officer. The French, who could not pronounce his name, called him Kiërkides. His name was also given as Tsjerk, Tierck or Tjerck.
Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander (born 1622)
Johann Adam Schall von Bell was a German Jesuit, astronomer and instrument-maker. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of…
Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (born 1591)
Frans Hals the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worsh…
Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (born 1580)
James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Cat…
James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestof
Thomas Willett was a Plymouth Colony fur trader, merchant, land purchaser and developer, Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia, Magistrate of the colony, and was the first Mayor o…
Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City
The Battle of Montes Claros was fought on 17 June 1665, near Borba, between Spanish and a combined Anglo-Portuguese force as the last major battle in the Portuguese Restoration War…
Battle of Montes Claros: Portugal definitively secured independence from Spain in the last battle of the Portuguese Rest
Jacques Lelong was a French bibliographer born in Paris. He joined the Knights of Malta at the age of ten, but later joined the Oratorians.
Jacques Lelong, French author (died 1721)
James FitzJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was an Irish statesman and army officer. He was the third of the Kilcash branch of the family to inherit the earldom of Ormond. Like hi…
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)
Samuel Penhallow was a Cornish colonist, historian, and militia leader in present-day Maine during Queen Anne's War and Dummer's War. He was the commander at Fort Menaskoux and was…
Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)
Giacomo Filippo Maraldi was a French-Italian astronomer and mathematician. His name is also given as Jacques Philippe Maraldi. Born in Perinaldo he was the nephew of Giovanni Cassi…
Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (died 1729)
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol was an English Whig politician.
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (died 1751)
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, OIC,, was an abbess and spiritual writer. She is best known for her extensive correspondence with King Philip IV of Spain and her reports of bilocation bet…
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (born 1602)
Count Magnus Stenbock was a Swedish field marshal (Fältmarskalk) and Royal Councillor. A commander of the Carolean Army during the Great Northern War, he was a prominent member of …
Magnus Stenbock, Swedish field marshal and Royal Councillor (died 1717)
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue was a French lieutenant and captain in the colonial regular troops, and seigneur of Châteauguay. Robutel de La Noue was born in Montreal, New France. He…
Zacharie Robutel de La Noue, Canadian captain (died 1733)
Pieter Janszoon Saenredam was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, known for his distinctive paintings of whitewashed church interiors such as Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem…
Pieter Jansz
Egbert Bartholomeuszoon Kortenaer or Egbert Meussen Cortenaer was an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands who was killed in the Battle of Lowestoft.
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral (born 1604)
Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Further Austria was the ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol from 1662 to 1665.
Sigismund Francis, archduke of Austria (born 1630)