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March 17, 1660Born on Thursday March 18, 1660
- derck goris, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
- Geert Roskamp, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Henrick Wijmes, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jan Sjoerds Algera, Tietjerk, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Hendrick, Beuningen
- Annitgen Jansdr. Post († 1680)
- Geetjen ten Heetkamp, Winterswijk
- Geertjen ten Heetkamp, Winterswijk, Woold († 1725)
- Ferdinand Maria Ignace van Waldburg-Wolfegg († 1660)
- Geertjen Hietkamp, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
Died on Thursday March 18, 1660
- Taecke van Glins (35), Denemarken
- Taecke Laeses Glins (35), Denemarken
- Stijntgen Gerrits (20), (Bejaarde dochter !)
- Peter (50)
- Elisabeth Strack (0), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Ludovicus Van Lint (70), Erps Kwerps
- Susanna Buck (38), Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Cors Cornelisz. van Elsgeest
- Lijske Hendrikcks
- Levina Timmermans, Vlissingen,Gemeente Vlissingen,Zeeland,Netherlands
Born on March 18
- 1590 » Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet († 1649)
- 1597 » Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal († 1659)
- 1603 » Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate († 1697)
- 1609 » Frederick III of Denmark († 1670)
- 1634 » Madame de La Fayette, French author († 1693)
- 1640 » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer († 1719)
- 1657 » Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer († 1743)
- 1690 » Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic († 1764)
- 1701 » Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company († 1776)
- 1733 » Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller († 1811)
Died on March 18
- 1582 » Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange (b. 1562)
- 1675 » Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
- 1689 » John Dixwell, English soldier and politician (b. 1607)
- 1745 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
- 1768 » Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman (b. 1713)
- 1781 » Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1727)
- 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
- 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
- 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
- 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
Names that were popular for boys in 1660
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Jacob
- Willem
- Joannes
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- Petrus
- Jean
- John
- Thomas
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1660
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Neeltje
- Trijntje
- Joanna
- Grietje
- Elizabeth
- Jannetje
- Mary
- Lijsbeth
- Aaltje
- Anne
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1660
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- February 13 » With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War.
- April 4 » Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
- October 17 » The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
- November 28 » At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- December 8 » A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
- December 31 » James II of England is named Duke of Normandy by Louis XIV of France.