1660s

The 1660s decade ran from January 1, 1660, to December 31, 1669.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century 17th century 18th century
Decades:	1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s
Years:	1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669
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Events

1660

January–June

• January 1
  • Colonel George Monck (with his regiment) crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream, and begins his advance towards London in support of the English Restoration.[1]
  • Samuel Pepys begins his diary.[2]
• February 3 – George Monck and his regiment arrive in London.[3]
• February 13 – Charles XI becomes king of Sweden at the age of five, upon the death of his father, Charles X Gustavus.
• February 27 – John Thurloe is reinstated as England's Secretary of State, having been deprived of his offices late in the previous year.
• March 16 – The Long Parliament disbands.
• April 4 – The Declaration of Breda promises amnesty, freedom of conscience, and army back pay, in return for support for the English Restoration.[3]
• May 3 – Treaty of Oliva: Peace is made between Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburgs and Brandenburg-Prussia.
• May 8 – The Parliament of England declares Prince Charles Stuart, King Charles II of England.
• May 15 – John Thurloe is arrested for high treason, for his support of Oliver Cromwell's regime.
• May 25 – Charles II of England lands at Dover.[4]
• May 27 – The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, marking the conclusion of the Second Northern War. Sweden returns Trøndelag to Norway, and Bornholm to Denmark.
• May 29 – King Charles II of England arrives in London and assumes the throne, marking the beginning of the English Restoration.[3]
• June 1 – Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• June 29 – John Thurloe is released from custody.

July–December

• August 19 – Dr Edward Stanley preaches a sermon in the nave of Winchester Cathedral, to commemorate the return of the Chapter, following the English Restoration.
• September 25 – Samuel Pepys has his first cup of tea (an event recorded in his diary).[2]
• October 17 – The ten regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered, a process which includes their being disemboweled and their bowels burned before their eyes.
• November 28 – At Gresham College in London, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray meet after a lecture by Wren, and decide to found "a College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning" (later known as the Royal Society).
• December – Andres Malong, a native chieftain of Pangasinan, Philippines, leads a revolt against the Spanish regime.
• December 8 – The first English actress appears on the professional stage in England in a non-singing rôle, as Desdemona in Othello, following reopening of the theatres (variously considered to be Margaret Hughes, Anne Marshall or Katherine Corey).[5][6][7]

Date unknown

• The Royal African Company is founded by James II of England, to trade slaves along the coast of West Africa.
• Blaise Pascal's Lettres provinciales, a defense of the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld, is ordered to be shredded and burned by King Louis XIV of France.
• The expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique is carried out, by French occupying forces.
• Hopkins School is founded.
• The Rigsraad (High Council) of Denmark is abolished[8] and Denmark–Norway becomes an absolute monarchy with the Kingdom of Denmark as a hereditary monarchy by Frederik III.
• A permanent standing army is established in Prussia.

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References

1. "January 1". Chambers' Book of Days. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
2. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
3. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
4. "Friday 25 May 1660". The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
5. The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
6. Howe, Elizabeth (1992). The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660–1700. Cambridge University Press. p. 24.
7. Gilder, Rosamond (1931). Enter the Actress: The First Women in the Theatre. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 166.
8. Krig og Enevælde: 1648–1746 Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine