Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1661
Birthdays
- January 30 - Charles Rollin, French historian (d. 1741)
- March 25 - Paul de Rapin, French historian (d. 1725)
- April 16 - Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
- May 25 - Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
- June 9 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia, (d. 1682)
- September 2 - Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)
- October 11 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (d. 1742)
- November 1 - Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (d. 1725)
- November 4 - Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
- November 6 - King Charles II of Spain, (d. 1700)
- November 15 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
- November 28 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
- December 5 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
- December 18 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
Deaths
- January 19 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) (b. 1799)
- February 2 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
- March 1 - Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
- March 9 - Jules Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1602)
- April 4 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
- April 7 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet
- May 27 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (b. 1607)
- August 7 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor
- August 16 - Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608)
- October 4 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625)
- October 6 - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru (b. 1630)
- October 28 - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
- November 29 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
- December 29 - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
Events
- January 6 - The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
- January 30 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.
- April 23 - King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
- June 23 - Marriage contract between Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza.
- 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.
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