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Millennium
:
2nd millennium
Centuries
:
16th century
–
17th century
–
18th century
Decades
:
1630s
1640s
1650s
–
1660s
–
1670s
1680s
1690s
Years:
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
Categories:
Births
–
Deaths
–
Architecture
Establishments
–
Disestablishments
The
1660s
decade ran from January 1, 1660, to December 31, 1669.
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Events and trends
Samuel Pepys
began his famous diary in
1660
, but he ended it, due to failing eyesight, in
1669
.
The
French East India Company
was founded in
1664
.
1665
: The
Great Plague
in
England
, and particularly in
London
, broke out. It would later be considered an outbreak of
bubonic plague
.
1666
: An
enormous urban fire
burned down most of the
City of London
. However, many of the
rats
considered responsible for the
Great Plague
are also destroyed, and the epidemic soon ceases.
Piracy in the Caribbean
was at its climax, the main bases being
Port Royal
and
Tortuga
.
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World leaders
King
Frederick III of Denmark
(
1648
–
1670
).
King
Charles II of England
(
1660
–
1685
).
King
Louis XIV of France
(
1643
–
1715
).
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
(
1658
–
1705
).
King
John II of Poland
(
1649
–
1668
).
King
Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki
of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
(
1669
–
1673
).
King
Afonso VI of Portugal
(
1656
–
1667
).
King
Peter II of Portugal
(
1667
–
1706
).
Tsar
Aleksey I of Russia
(
1645
–
1676
).
King
Philip IV of Spain
(
1621
–
1665
).
King
Charles II of Spain
(
1665
–
1700
).
King
Charles X of Sweden
(
1654
–
1660
).
King
Charles XI of Sweden
(
1660
–
1697
).
Padshah
Aurangazeb
of the
Mughal Empire
(
1658
–
1707
)
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