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Born on Friday December 23, 1661
- Ida Peter Goudsmits, Hooge en Lage Mierde
- Johann Siegfried Boonacker, Elnhausen,,Hesse,Germany († 1742)
- Ida Petrus Colen Goudsmits, Lage Mierde (Reusel-De Mierden) (Noord-Brabant)
- Anna Kimball († 1774)
- Ida Peter Goutsmits, Hulsel
- Betje Koole, Schipluiden
- Christina Lambrecht, Oedelem, 8730, Beernem, West Vlaanderen († 1662)
- Nicolas Cauderlier, Colleret, Nord, Nord-pas-de-Calais, France († 1738)
- Jacobus De Rijck, Bazel
- James JOHNSTONE, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died on Friday December 23, 1661
- Pierre FOSTEL_FOTEL (37), Voujeaucourt, 25420, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
- Phillippe Foubert (45), Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Les Chenaux, Quebec, Canada
- Engel Peruelin (77), Kappeln, Kusel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Philippe Foubert (45), Champlain, Quebec, Canada
- Georges ROULLEAUX (76), ( Torcé, 35338, Ille et Vilaine, Bretagne, France
- Anna Juditha Däschler (49), Seissen (Blaubeuren)
- Susanna Ros (35)
- Maria de Jeude (57), Tielrode
- Maria De Jeude (57), Tielrode
- Leonardus Hermans, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
Born on December 23
- 1582 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer († 1663)
- 1597 » Martin Opitz, German poet and composer († 1639)
- 1605 » Tianqi Emperor, Chinese emperor († 1627)
- 1613 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden († 1676)
- 1621 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge († 1678)
- 1621 » Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England († 1682)
- 1689 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer († 1755)
- 1690 » Pamheiba, Indian emperor († 1751)
- 1713 » Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna († 1749)
- 1732 » Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame († 1792)
Died on December 23
- 1568 » Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)
- 1575 » Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)
- 1588 » Henry I, duke of Guise (b. 1550)
- 1631 » Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
- 1638 » Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- 1646 » François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
- 1652 » John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
- 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
- 1761 » Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1661
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- January 6 » English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. The revolt is suppressed after a few days.
- January 30 » Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
- February 3 » Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji defeat the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind.
- July 16 » The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
- August 6 » The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
- September 5 » Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.