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August 3, 1661Born on Thursday August 4, 1661
- Geertruid van Ling, Amersfoort
- Guert Mertens van der Eem, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Elisabeth Storck, Darmstadt, Allemagne († 1736)
- Egidius Gillis BRUYNSEELS, Vorselaar,2290,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1711)
- Barbara Göbel, Holzhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1712)
- Catharina Jansen Quint, Amerongen
- Elisabeth Jungmann, Bromskirchen, Kreis Frankenberg († 1749)
- evan jans van groeningen, lexmond (zuid holland) († 1734)
- aernt van wijck, Lienden
- Catharijna van Bekkum (Beckum), Amerongen
Died on Thursday August 4, 1661
- Neeltje Willems Noortdijck
- Adelheid Funk (49), Ottenbach, Schweiz
- Jan Rutgers Swarthoff (51), Hall, Gelderland, Nederland
- Jan Rutgers (56)
- Leendert Jaspers van Hensbergen
- Sijmon Sijmonsz. Meijster, Stompwijk
- Sijmon Simonsz Meijster, Stompwijk
- Wyts Ubles (31)
- Aaltsen Roelofs (21), Opeinderveen
- Anna Catharina Wagner (9), Groetzingen, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Born on August 4
- 1521 » Pope Urban VII († 1590)
- 1522 » Udai Singh II, King of Mewar († 1572)
- 1604 » François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author († 1676)
- 1623 » Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) († 1685)
- 1701 » Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar († 1757)
- 1704 » Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans († 1752)
- 1719 » Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist († 1767)
- 1721 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1803)
- 1755 » Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor († 1805)
- 1792 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright († 1822)
Died on August 4
- 1578 » Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
- 1598 » William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)
- 1612 » Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)
- 1639 » Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)
- 1718 » René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
- 1727 » Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
- 1741 » Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
- 1778 » Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
- 1792 » John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
- 1795 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
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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.
- April 23 » King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- 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.