Events in year of 1659
- 01-14Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
- 04-22Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
- 05-22France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
- 05-25Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
- 05-31Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague
- 07-16Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
- 09-30Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
- 09-30Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
- 10-12English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals
- 10-13General Major John Lambert drives out English Rump-Government
- 11-07Peace of Pyreneeen: French King Louis XIV and Spanish King Philip IV
- 11-25Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
- 12-16General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
- 12-26Long Parliament reforms in Westminster
People born in year of 1659
- 01-17Antonio Veracini: Composer
- 01-21Adriaen van der Werff: Dutch portrait painter / engraver / architect
- 02-01Jacob Roggeveen: Dutch Swiss lawyer / navigator (Easter Island)
- 03-07Henry Purcell: English Organist / composer (Dido & Aeneas)
- 03-26William Wollaston: Coton, England -- Philosopher
- 05-16Campegius Vitringa: Dutch theologist
- 07-23Antonius Schultingh [Schultingius]: Dutch lawyer
- 08-01Antoine Mouque: Composer
- 10-04Franz Weichlein: Composer
- 11-06Theodor Schwartzkopff: Composer
- 12-20Francois Fagel: Dutch lawyer / Statesman
People died in year of 1659
- 01-18Benedikt Lechler: Composer, dies at 64
- 04-15Simon Dach: German poet
- 09-05Pieter de Carpentier: Flemish Governor-General of the Netherlands East-Indies, dies at 71
- 10-10Able J Tasmania: Navigator / discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
- 10-27Marmaduke Stevenson: Quaker in Boston, hanged
Events in year of 1660
- 01-01General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London
- 02-03General Moncks army reaches London
- 02-23Charles XI becomes King of Sweden
- 03-16English Long Parliament disbands
- 04-04Declaration of Breda
- 04-04English King Charles II ends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion)
- 04-25London Convention Parliament begins
- 04-25Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
- 05-03Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg and Austria sign Peace of Oliva
- 05-07Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
- 05-08English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
- 05-23King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England
- 05-24English King Charles II visits Netherlands
- 05-25English King Charles II lands in Dover
- 05-27Denmark and Sweden sign ceasefire
- 05-29Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
- 06-06Denmark and Sweden signs peace treaty
- 10-13Denmark King Frederik III makes coup
- 10-15Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam
- 11-151st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam)
- 11-28London Royal Society forms
- 12-15Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan
People born in year of 1660
- 02-13Johann Sigismund Kusser: Composer
- 02-15Frans Anneessens: Belgian Merchant / Dean of artisans
- 03-28Arnold Houbraken: Dutch schilder / writer
- 03-28Georg Ludwig: German Monarch of Hannover / King George I of Gt Britain
- 04-06Johann Kuhnau: Composer
- 04-16Hans Sloane: England, United Kingdom -- Physician / naturalist / founder (British Museum)
- 04-19Sebastian Duron: Composer
- 04-24Cornelis Dusart: Dutch painter / engraver
- 04-29Matthias Henriksen Schacht: Composer
- 05-02Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti: Palermo, Italy -- Composer (Tigrane)
- 05-28George I: King of England (1714-27)
- 08-21Hubert Gautier: Engineer (wrote 1st book on bridge building)
- 12-04Andre Campra: Composer
- 12-12Peter Rabus: Poet / translator (Liberated Britanje)
- 12-26Peter Schenck: German / Netherlands engraver / publisher, baptised
People died in year of 1660
- 02-02Govert Flinck: Dutch Painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
- 02-15Klaas Geritsz Compaen: Dutch buccaneer / merchant, dies at 72
- 02-18Judith Jansdochter Leyster: Dutch painter, buried
- 08-06Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez: Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61
- 08-12Gilbertus van Zinnik: Flemish architect, dies at about 33
- 09-08Daniel von Czepko: German poet, dies at 54
- 09-12Jacob Cats [Father Cats]: Pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82
- 09-27St Vincent de Paul: Vincentian Cong founder
- 10-07Paul Scarron: French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
- 10-14Francesco Albana: Italian Painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72
- 12-03Jacques Sarazin: French Sculptor / painter, dies at about 70
- 12-24Mary I Henriette Stuart: Queen of England, dies at 29
Events in year of 1661
- 03-10French King Louis XIV ends office of Premier
- 04-23English King Charles II crowned in London
- 04-29Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
- 05-03Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
- 06-05Isaac Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
- 06-21Treaty of Kardis: Russia and Sweden sign peace treaty
- 06-23Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal
- 07-03Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II
- 07-161st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
- 07-27Parliament confirms Navigation Act
- 08-06Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders
- 09-05French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested
- 10-01Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
- 12-20Corporation Act enforced in England
People born in year of 1661
- 01-05Jacob Balthasar Schutz: Composer
- 04-11Antoine Coypel: French painter / poet
- 06-06Giacomo Antonio Perti: Composer
- 09-02Georg Bohm: German Organist / composer
- 10-11Melchior de Polignac: French diplomat / elect (Anti-Lucretius)
- 11-06Charles II: Last Habsburg King of Spain (1665-1700)
- 12-05Robert Haley: Earl of Oxford / English Premier (Whig, 1710-14)
People died in year of 1661
- 01-01Pieter Claesz: Dutch still life painter, dies at about 64
- 01-17Andres Malong: Philippines rebel leader, executed
- 03-08Jules Mazarin: Italian Cardinal / Premier of France, dies at 58
- 03-09Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin: Chief Minister of France, dies at 58
- 03-22Hendrick Uylenburgh: Art dealer, buried at about 73
- 03-24William Leddra: Last Quaker, hanged in Boston
- 06-03Gottfried Scheidt: Composer, dies at 67
- 06-08John Elsevier: Book publisher / publisher, dies at 39
- 06-26Lazaro Valvasensi: Composer, dies at 76
- 08-06Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld: French abbess
- 08-16Thomas Fuller: English Prime Minister, dies at 53
- 08-26Louis Couperin: Composer
- 09-12Jacobus de la Torra: RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53
- 10-26Johann B Schup [Schuppius]: German Poet / Historian / vicar
- 10-30Alexander Adriaenssen: Flemish painter, dies at 74