Notable Historical Events - 1660
1660 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
1st entry in Samuel Pepys' diary |
Jan 1 |
General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London |
Jan 1 |
Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies York |
Feb 3 |
General Moncks army reaches London |
Feb 23 |
Charles XI becomes king of Sweden |
Mar 16 |
English Long Parliament disbands |
Apr 4 |
English king Charles II sends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion) |
Apr 23 |
Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland. |
Apr 25 |
English Convention Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II |
May 3 |
Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva |
May 7 |
Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni |
May 8 |
English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England |
May 23 |
King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England |
May 24 |
English king Charles II visits Netherlands |
May 25 |
King Charles II of England lands in Dover |
May 27 |
Denmark & Sweden sign ceasefire |
May 29 |
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 |
Jun 1 |
Mary Dyer is hanged for defying a law banning Quakers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
Jun 6 |
Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty |
Oct 13 |
Denmark king Frederik III makes coup |
Oct 15 |
Asser Levy granted butcher's license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam |
Oct 17 |
Nine Regicides, the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, are hanged, drawn and quartered, another is hanged. |
Nov 15 |
First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City) |
Nov 28 |
The Royal Society forms in London |
Dec 15 |
Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan |
Dec 31 |
James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France. |
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