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Born on Friday August 20, 1660
- Gertrudis Pouwels, Horst
- Pieteronella Dircksdr. Doncker, Delft († 1660)
- Wolf Hendrik van Krafft († 1693)
- Gerardus Winckens, Puth (Schinnen) († 1704)
- Daniel Petrus de Roij, Oirschot
- Elisabeth De Munck, Temse († 1682)
- jérôme LERUST, Hon-Hergies (F-59) Hauts de France († 1723)
- Elisabeth Hollen, Achel (B) († 1713)
- Josina Van Loock
- Gerrit Vechtersz. Outshoorn, Stompwijk
Died on Friday August 20, 1660
- Gerard Van Bronckhorst (70)
- Thomas Ufford (70), Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British America
- Charles de Gontaut-Biron
- Hermannus Ribbius, Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Gerard van BRONCKHORST (70)
- Gijsbert Vermeulen (0), Utrecht
- Aegje Gerritsdr. van der Slacht (0), Delft
- His van Eminga
Born on August 20
- 1561 » Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer († 1633)
- 1625 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist († 1709)
- 1632 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic († 1704)
- 1659 » Henry Every, English pirate († 1696)
- 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
- 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
- 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
- 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
- 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
- 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
Died on August 20
- 1580 » Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)
- 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)
- 1639 » Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)
- 1648 » Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)
- 1651 » Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
- 1672 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
- 1672 » Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
- 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
- 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
- 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
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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.
- March 16 » The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.