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May 23, 1660Born on Monday May 24, 1660
- Joanna CLAUS, Nazareth (Oost-Vlaanderen)
- Mary Cheyney, Lambourn, Berkshire, England
- Cornelia van Opoeteren, Amersfoort
- Johan Jobst Erdsiek, Herford, Duitsland († 1714)
- Joanna de Paepe, Sint-Pauwels-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1663)
- Anna Jacobsdochter van Willigen, Rotterdam († 1734)
- Michael Van Nuffel, Moorsel († 1662)
- Jaquemijntie Cooman, Zaamslag
- Magdalena Borgeneers, Vissenaken SM, Tienen, V-Br, BE († 1706)
- Marcellus CIELEN, Eigenbilzen, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België
Died on Monday May 24, 1660
- Meyntje van Ramsdonk, Rotterdam, Nederland
- Erdmann v.SA-Lauenburg (10), unbekannt
- Aeffien Cornelisd. de Veth (50), Pernis, Nederland
- Maria Crommelin (33), Rouen, Normandië
- Arnoldus Walckiers (30), Pamel, België
- Mary Folger (38), Southold, Suffolk, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Erdmann af Sachsen-Lauenburg (10)
- Leendert Dammasz. Cleijwerff
- Leendert Dammasz CLEIJWERFF
- Margarita Herkens, Herles, Maastricht, Limburg, Nl
Born on May 24
- 1544 » William Gilbert, English physician, physicist, and astronomer († 1603)
- 1576 » Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley, English courtier († 1635)
- 1616 » John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, Scottish politician, Secretary of State, Scotland († 1682)
- 1628 » Marek Sobieski, Polish noble († 1652)
- 1669 » Emerentia von Düben, Swedish royal favorite († 1743)
- 1671 » Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1737)
- 1686 » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale († 1736)
- 1689 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1769)
- 1743 » Jean-Paul Marat, Swiss-French physician, journalist, and politician († 1793)
- 1789 » Cathinka Buchwieser, German operatic singer and actress (d.1828)
Died on May 24
- 1543 » Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1612 » Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1563)
- 1627 » Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet and cleric (b. 1561)
- 1632 » Robert Hues, English mathematician and geographer (b. 1553)
- 1665 » Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Spanish Franciscan abbess and mystic (b. 1602)
- 1734 » Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1792 » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1718)
- 1806 » John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Scottish field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire (b. 1723)
- 1843 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
- 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
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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.
- 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.
- April 23 » Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
- May 21 » The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy.
- May 29 » English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
- October 17 » The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
- 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.