1661

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Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1630s  1640s  1650s  - 1660s -  1670s  1680s  1690s
Years:	1658 1659 1660 - 1661 - 1662 1663 1664

1661 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

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

Contents 1 Events of 1661 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown dates

Events of 1661

January - June

• 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

July - December

• (unknown)

Undated

• Dutch rule ends in Taiwan.
• The first modern bank notes are issued in Stockholm, Sweden.
• The body of Oliver Cromwell is exhumed and subjected to a posthumous execution.

Births

1661 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1661 MDCLXI
Ab urbe condita	2414
Armenian calendar	1110 ԹՎ ՌՃԺ
Bahá'í calendar	-183 – -182
Buddhist calendar	2205
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
Holocene calendar	11661
Iranian calendar	1039 – 1040
Islamic calendar	1071 – 1072
Japanese calendar	Manji 4 (万治4年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2321 (皇紀2321年)
- Jōmon Era	11661
Julian calendar	1706
Korean calendar	3994
Thai solar calendar	2204
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• 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)

Unknown dates

• Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of Orange (d. 1722)

See also Category:1661 births.

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)

Unknown dates

• (none)

See also Category:1661 deaths.

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