Today in History for Year 1661

Months in Year 1661: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 6th - The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
Jan 30th - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.
Mar 10th - French King Louis XIV ends office of premier
Apr 23rd - English king Charles II crowned in London
Apr 29th - Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
Apr 30th - Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa
May 3rd - Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
Jun 5th - Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
Jun 21st - Treaty of Kardis: Russia & Sweden sign peace treaty
Jun 23rd - Marriage contract for Charles II of England & Catharina of Portugal
Jul 3rd - Portugal gives Tanger & Bombay to English King Charles II
Jul 16th - 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
Jul 27th - Parliament confirms Navigation Act
Aug 6th - Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
Aug 6th - The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
Sep 1st - 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James
Sep 5th - French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
Oct 1st - Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
Dec 20th - Corporation Act enforced in England

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 5th - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer
Jan 30th - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
Mar 25th - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
Apr 11th - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
Apr 16th - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British poet and statesman (d. 1715)
May 25th - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
Jun 6th - Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer
Jun 9th - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
Sep 2nd - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer
Oct 11th - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)
Nov 1st - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
Nov 4th - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
Nov 6th - Charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain (reigns 1665-1700)
Nov 15th - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
Nov 28th - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
Dec 5th - Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
Dec 18th - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

May 25th - King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 29 of 29

Jan 1st - Pieter Claesz, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
Jan 3rd - Maria I Stuart, Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29 [NS]
Jan 17th - Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
Jan 19th - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) (b. 1799)
Feb 2nd - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
Mar 1st - Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
Mar 8th - Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
Mar 9th - Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
Mar 22nd - Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73
Mar 24th - William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston
Apr 4th - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)
Apr 7th - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
May 27th - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
Jun 3rd - Gottfried Scheidt, composer, dies at 67
Jun 8th - John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39
Jun 26th - Lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76
Aug 6th - Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies
Aug 7th - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
Aug 16th - Thomas Fuller, English prime minister, dies at 53
Aug 26th - Louis Couperin, composer, dies
Sep 12th - Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
Oct 4th - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
Oct 6th - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru
Oct 26th - Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies
Oct 28th - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
Oct 30th - Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter, dies at 74
Oct 31st - Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
Nov 29th - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
Dec 29th - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)