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Years: 1658 1659 1660 - 1661 - 1662 1663 1664

Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1661 by topic: Arts and Science Architecture - Art - Literature - Music - Science Lists of leaders Colonial governors - State leaders Birth and death categories Births - Deaths Establishments and disestablishments categories Establishments - Disestablishments Works category Works 1661 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1661 MDCLXI Ab urbe condita 2414 Armenian calendar 1110 ԹՎ ՌՃԺ Chinese calendar 4297/4357-12-1 (庚子年十二月初一日) — to — 4298/4358-11-11 (辛丑年十一月十一日) Ethiopian calendar 1653 – 1654 Hebrew calendar 5421 – 5422 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 1716 – 1717 - Shaka Samvat 1583 – 1584 - Kali Yuga 4762 – 4763 Iranian calendar 1039 – 1040 Islamic calendar 1071 – 1073 Thai solar calendar 2204

1661 (MDCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events

• January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. George Monck's regiment defeats them
• February 5 - The Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China dies and is succeeded by his son the Kangxi Emperor.
• February 14 - George Monck’s regiment becomes The Lord General's Regiment of Foot Guards (which later becomes Coldstream Guards)
• April 23 - King Charles II of England, Scotland, Ireland crowned in Westminster Abbey. This is his second crowning.
• June 30 - The first Earl of Argyle is executed at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh for treason

• Dutch rule ends in Taiwan.
• First modern bank notes issued in Stockholm, Sweden
• Body of Oliver Cromwell exhumed and subjected to a posthumous execution.

[edit] Births

• January 30 - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
• March 25 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
• April 16 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman (d. 1715)
• May 25 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
• June 9 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
• July 20 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French founder of the colony of Louisiana (d. 1706)
• September 2 - Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
• October 11 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (d. 1742)
• November 1 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
• November 4 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
• November 6 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
• November 15 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in America (d. 1743)
• November 28 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
• December 5 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (d. 1724)
• December 18 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of Orange (d. 1722)

See also Category:1661 births.

[edit] Deaths

• January 19 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)
• February 2 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (born 1596)
• February 5 - Shunzhi Emperor of China (born 1638)
• March 1 - Richard Zouch, English jurist (born 1590)
• March 9 - Jules Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (born 1602)
• April 4 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier(born c.1580)
• April 7 - William Brereton, English soldier and politician (born 1604)
• May 27 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish dissenter (beheaded) (born 1607)
• August 7 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (born 1608)
• August 16 - Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (born 1608)
• October 4 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal (born 1625)
• October 28 - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (born 1618)
• November 19 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (born 1600)
• December 29 - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594)

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