Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1660. This year saw 21 significant events. 1 notable figure was born.
English Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops, crosses the Anglo-Scottish border by fording the River Tweed at Coldstream and heads through knee-deep snow to London to end military rule and restore the monarchy
The Convention Parliament of England (25 April 1660 – 29 December 1660) followed the Long Parliament that had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March that year.
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in…
On his 30th birthday, Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de España; French: Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV.
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660.
Charles XI or Carl (Swedish: Karl XI; 4 December [O.S. 24 November] 1655 – 15 April [O.S.
Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland, helping to end the Second Northern War
Battle of Long Sault begins between 17 French colonist militia, their Huron and Algonquin allies and a large Iroquois army (credited with saving settlement of Ville-Marie) [1]
Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg, and Austria sign the Treaty of Oliva, one of the peace treaties ending the Second Northern War
Isaac B. Fubine of Savoy in The Hague patents macaroni
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son...
The assault on Copenhagen (Danish: stormen på København; Swedish: stormningen av Köpenhamn) also known as the battle of Copenhagen on 11 February 1659 was a major engagement during the Second...
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony due to...
City of Vilnius is recaptured from its occupying Muscovite force by the army of the Grand Duchy led by Michał Kazimierz Pac [1]
Great Fire of 1660 in Constantinople: two-thirds of the city is destroyed, including 280,000 wooden houses, with a death toll of around 40,000
Frederick III (Danish: Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670.
Asser Levy is granted a butcher's license for kosher meat in New Amsterdam
First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City)
Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan
George I is born
English Colonel George Monck, with two brigades of troops, crosses the Anglo-Scottish border by fording the River Tweed at Coldstream and heads through knee-deep snow to London to end military rule and restore the monarchy
The Convention Parliament of England (25 April 1660 – 29 December 1660) followed the Long Parliament that had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March that year.
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in…
On his 30th birthday, Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de España; French: Marie-Thérèse d'Espagne; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV.
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660.
Charles XI or Carl (Swedish: Karl XI; 4 December [O.S. 24 November] 1655 – 15 April [O.S.
Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland, helping to end the Second Northern War
Battle of Long Sault begins between 17 French colonist militia, their Huron and Algonquin allies and a large Iroquois army (credited with saving settlement of Ville-Marie) [1]
Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg, and Austria sign the Treaty of Oliva, one of the peace treaties ending the Second Northern War
Isaac B. Fubine of Savoy in The Hague patents macaroni
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son...
The assault on Copenhagen (Danish: stormen på København; Swedish: stormningen av Köpenhamn) also known as the battle of Copenhagen on 11 February 1659 was a major engagement during the Second...
Mary Dyer was an English and colonial American Puritan-turned-Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony due to...
City of Vilnius is recaptured from its occupying Muscovite force by the army of the Grand Duchy led by Michał Kazimierz Pac [1]
Great Fire of 1660 in Constantinople: two-thirds of the city is destroyed, including 280,000 wooden houses, with a death toll of around 40,000
Frederick III (Danish: Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670.
Asser Levy is granted a butcher's license for kosher meat in New Amsterdam
First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City)
Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan