1660

1660

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

February 23 - Charles XI becomes king of Sweden.
March 16 - The Long Parliament disbands
May 8 - The Parliament of England declares Prince Charles Stuart King Charles II of England.
May 23 - King Charles II of England reaches the shores of his Kingdom. On May 29 he arrives in London and assumes the throne, marking the beginning of the English Restoration.
November 28 - At Gresham College, 12 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).
Blaise Pascal's The Provincial Letters, a defense of the Jansenist Antoine Arnauld, was ordered shredded and burned by King Louis XIV of France.