Events in History
- Mar 16 English Long Parliament disbands
- Apr 25 English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
- May 8 English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England
- 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
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- Jun 9 French King Louis XIV (21) marries Maria Theresa of Spain (21) at Saint-Jean-de-Luz
Historical Figures Who Died in 1660
- Feb 2 Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII, dies at 51
- Feb 2 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
- Feb 13 Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
- Feb 15 Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer/merchant, dies at 72
- Feb 18 Judith Leyster, Dutch painter, buried at 50
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