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1660s
1660
1660, Feb. 12: The Swedish Charles X Gustavus dies and is succeeded by his son, Charles XI. Charles II
1660, May 8: Charles II is proclaimed King of England, marking the Restoration of the monarchy.
1660, May 23: Charles II lands at Dover, England.
1660, May 29: The Peace of Copenhagen ends the war between Sweden and Denmark.
1660, Jun. 9: Louis XIV marries Marie Thérèse of Austria, daughter of the King of Spain.
1660, Jul. 10: Johannes Rothe marries Anna Hartlib, daughter of Samuel Hartlib, in London.
1660, Nov.: The 'Dutch Gift', the largest present ever offered to a foreign ruler by the States General, is given to Charles II, in the hope of a lenient attitude towards Dutch trade.
1660, Nov. 28: The foundations of the London Royal Society are laid as the Gresham College group draws up a list of members.  
1660, Dec. 22: The Jesuit mathematician Andreas Tacquet dies at Antwerp.  
  Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, touching the Spring of the Air, Oxford: H. Hall & T. Robinson.  
  Johannes Amos Comenius, De irenico irenicorum, Amsterdam: Henricus Betkius.  
1661
1661, Mar. 9: Cardinal Mazarin dies at Vincennes and Louis XIV assumes personal control over the government. Louis XIV
1661, Apr. 23: Charles II is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1661, May 3: In Danzig (Gdansk, present Poland) Johannes Hevelius observes a transit of the planet Mercury.
1661, Aug. 6: The war between the Dutch Republic and Portugal is ended with the Peace of The Hague.
1661, Nov. 22: Franciscus van den Enden, acting as an agent for Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy and other would-be colonists, presents the first request to establish a settlement in New Netherland to the Amsterdam authorities.
  Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, London: J. Cadwell a J. Crooke.
  V.H. [Johan de la Court], Consideratien van staat, Amsterdam: Jacob Volckertsz Zinbreker.  
1662
1662, Feb. 1: The Dutch surrender Fort Zeelandia, their last stronghold on Formosa (Taiwan), to the Chinese pirate Coxingha (Zheng Chenggong). Blaise Pascal
1662, Mar. 10: Samuel Hartlib dies at London.
1662, Apr.: The Danish physician Olaus Borch in his Itinerary mentions Van den Enden several times, saying that he is a Cartesian and an atheist.
1662, Apr. 27: The Dutch Republic signs a favourable treaty of alliance with France.
1662, Jul. 15: The Charter of Incorporation for the Royal Society of London passes the Great Seal.
1662, Aug. 19: The philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal dies at Paris.
1662, Sep. 14: The Dutch Republic and England sign a treaty of alliance, but it does not provide a basis for more stable relations between the two nations.
1662, Oct. 10: Franciscus van den Enden finishes the preface of his Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland (Brief Account of New Netherland), which is published shortly after in Amsterdam.  
1662, Oct. 27: Charles II sells Dunkirk to France (Treaty of London).  
  D.C. [Johan de la Court], Politike Discoursen, s.l.: s.n.  
  V.D.H. [Pieter de la Court], Interest van Holland, Amsterdam: Joan. Cyprianus vander Gracht.  
  Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy, Kort en klaer ontwerp, Amsterdam: Otto Barentsz Smient.  
  [Pieter Balling], Het licht op den kandelaar, s.l.: s.n.  
  [Franciscus van den Enden], Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland, s.l.: s.n.  
  Antoine Arnauld & Pierre Nicole, La Logique, ou l'Art de penser, Paris: C. Savreux.  
1663
1663, Jan. 3: Charles II grants the 'Company of Royal Adventurers of England Trading to Africa' the monopoly on the slave trade. Johannes van Neercassel
1663, Apr. 23: The Second Charter for the London Royal Society receives the Royal Seal, naming John Wilkins and Henry Oldenburg as secretaries of the Society.
1663, May 8: The Second Navigation Act is passed, stipulating that all goods for the English colonies should be carried by English ships.
1663, May 18: Boudewijn Catz, Vicar Apostolic of the Misso Hollandica, dies and is replaced by Johannes van Neercassel, who will promote Jansenism among Dutch Roman Catholics.
1663, Jul. 28: Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy and his fellow-colonists reach the Delaware.
1663, Sep. 14: The Provincial Court of Holland and Zealand acquits Galenus Abrahamsz de Haan from the accusation of Socinianism.
  [Franciscus van den Enden], Zeekere Vrye-Voorslagen, Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz & Pieter Arentsz (the Kort-Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland with a new title page)  
  Joost van den Vondel, Batavische Gebroeders of Onderdruckte Vryheit, Amsterdam: Widow of Abraham de Wees.  
  Benedictus de Spinoza, Renati des Cartes Principiorum Philosophiæ & Cogitata Metaphysica, Amsterdam: Jan Rieuwertsz.  
  D.H. [Johan de Witt], Pvblic gebedt, Amsterdam: Joan Cyprianus van der Gracht.  
1664
1664, Jan. 23: An English fleet under Robert Holmes seizes the Dutch colony Goree and later captures all Dutch settlements on the west coast of Africa, except Elmina. Peter Stuyvesant
1664, Spring: The Amsterdam Mennonites split into a conservative group under Samuel Apostool and a liberal group under Galenus Abrahamsz de Haan.
1664, Apr.: According to a poem by Lodewijk Meyer, Van den Enden directed the performance of the play Medea, in which his daughters Adriana Clementina and Marianna played leading roles.
1664, Aug. 27: The French Compagnie des Indes Orientales and the Compagnie des Indes occidentales are founded.
1664, Sep. 18: Jean-Baptiste Colbert introduces a new uniformed customs tariff, which is mainly aimed at Dutch trade.
1664, Sep. 24: Peter Stuyvesant is forced to surrender New Amsterdam and New Netherland to an English fleet under the Duke of York.
1664, Oct. 13: A Dutch fleet under De Ruyter recaptures Goree and in the following weeks regains all the former Dutch settlements on the African west coast.  
  A.K. [Adriaen Koerbagh], 't Nieuw Wooden-Boek der Regten, Amsterdam: Widow of Jan Hendriksz Boom.  
1665
1665, Jan. 5: The first issue of the Journal des Sçavans is published at Paris. Johan de Witt
1665, Jan. 12: The mathematician Pierre de Fermat dies at Castres, France.
1665, Feb. 14: Pieter de Groot writes a letter of recommendation to Johan de Witt, to inform him that Van den Enden has plans for a secret naval weapon.
1665, Mar.: Franciscus van den Enden writes a letter to Pensionary Johan de Witt, proposing to sell him a secret naval weapon.
1665, Mar. 4: The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins, as the British declare war on the Dutch.
1665, Mar. 6: The Royal Society begins publishing its Philosophical Transactions.
1665, May 19: Franciscus van den Enden finishes the epilogue of his Vrye Politijke Stellingen (Free Political Proposals), which is published shortly after in Amsterdam.
1665, May 31: The Jewish mystic Sabbatai Zevi in Gaza proclaims himself the messiah, causing a stir throughout the Jewish world.
1665, Jun. 13: An English fleet commanded by the King's brother, the Duke of York, fights at the Battle of Lowestoft and defeats a Dutch fleet under Obdam, who is killed in action. Philip IV
1665, Sep. 14: Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen declares war on the Dutch Republic.
1665, Sep. 17: Philip IV of Spain dies and is succeeded by the under-age Charles, for whom Mariana of Austria acts as a regent.
1665, Nov. 7: The first issue of the London Gazette is sold.
  [Franciscus van den Enden], Vrye Politijke Stellingen, Amsterdam: Pieter Arentsz.
  Lucius Antistius Constans [pseud.], De jure ecclesiasticorum, Alethopoli [Amsterdam]: Cajum Valerium Pennatum.
  Athanasius Kircher, Mundus subterraneus, Amsterdam: Elizaeus Weyerstraten & Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge.  
  Thedoor Moretus, Tractatus physico-mathematicus de æstu maris, Antwerp: Jacobus Meursius.  
  Frederick Ruysch, Dilucidatio valvularum in vasis lymphaticis, et lacteis, The Hague: Hermanus Gael.  
1666
1666, Jan.: France declares war on England. Four Days Battle
1666, Feb.: The Great Plague has sufficiently decreased in London for the King and his entourage to return to the city.
1666, Apr. 18: The Treaty of Kleves ends the war between the Dutch Republic and the Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen.
1666, Jun. 11-14: A Dutch fleet under De Ruyter defeats an English fleet under Prince Rupert and George Monck at the Four Days Battle.
1666, Aug. 4-5: An English fleet defeats a Dutch fleet under De Ruyter at the St James's Day Fight (Two Days Battle or Battle of the North Foreland).
1666, Aug.: Cornelis Tromp is dismissed as he is blamed for the recent failure against the English.
1666, Aug. 29: The painter Frans Hals dies at Haarlem.
1666, Sep. 2: The Great Fire of London begins and will destroy four fifths of the City of London in the next few days. Great Fire of London
1666, Sep. 16: The self-proclaimed Jewish messiah Sabbatai Zevi is forced to convert to Islam.
1666, Dec. 22: The Académie des sciences is founded at Paris.
  Radboud Herman Schelius, Libertas publica, Amsterdam: J. Pluimer.
  [Lodewijk Meyer], Philosophia S. Scripturae Interpres, Eleutheropoli [Amsterdam]: s.n.
  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Dissertatio de Arte combinatoria, Leipzig: Fickius.
1667
1667, Jan. 27: The Jesuit mathematician Gregorius de Saint-Vincent dies at Ghent>. Jean-Baptiste Colbert
1667, Feb. 27: A Dutch fleet under Abraham Crijnssen captures the English colony Surinam.
1667, Apr.: Jean-Baptiste Colbert introduces a second, more protectionist, customs tariff, causing great damage to Dutch trade.
1667, May 22: Pope Alexander VII dies at Rome.
1667, May 24: Louis XIV claims the Spanish Netherlands (through his marriage with Marie Thérèse of Austria) and thus starts the War of Devolution.
1667, Jun.: The French capture Charleroi, Sint-Winoxbergen and Tournai.
1667, Jun. 20: Pope Clement IX is elected.
1667, Jun. 22: A Dutch fleet under De Ruyter reaches the Medway, captures the Unity and the Royal Charles, and destroys several large British warships. Battle of the Medway
1667, Jun. 30: Henry Oldenburg is imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of being a spy, but he is released after a month.
1667, Jul.: The French capture Kortrijk (Courtrai) and Oudenaarde.
1667, Jul. 14: Spain declares war on France.
1667, Jul. 21: The Second Anglo-Dutch War is ended by the Peace Treaty of Breda>, by which the English keep New Netherland and the Dutch hold on to Surinam.
1667, Aug. 5: The Perpetual Edict is passed before the States General, abolishing the function of Stadholder.
1667, Sep. 28: French Troops conquer Lille after a siege of one month.
  Joost van den Vondel, Zungchin of Ondergang der Sineesche heerschappye, Amsterdam: Widow of Abraham de Wees.  
  Petrus Serrarius, Responsio ad exercitationem paradoxam, Amsterdam: Christoffel Cunradus.  
  Athanasius Kircher, China monumentis qva sacris quà profanis [...] illustrata, Amsterdam: Elizaeus Weyerstraten & Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge.  
1668
1668, Jan.: Cosimo de' Medici, son of Grand Duke Ferdinando of Tuscany, visits Amsterdam, where he views the anatomical collections of Fredrick Ruysch and Theodoor Kerckrinck. Herman Boerhave
1668, Jan. 23: Sweden, England and the Dutch Republic sign the anti-French Triple Alliance.
1668, Feb. 13: With the Treaty of Lisbon, Spain recognizes Portuguese independence.
1668, May 2: The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of Devolution, but France holds on to many of its conquests in the Spanish Netherlands.
1668, Jul. 18: Adriaen Koerbagh is arrested in Leiden because of his heterodox publications and the next day he is brought to Amsterdam.
1668, Jul. 20: Adriaen Koerbagh is interrogated and confesses that he used to see Van den Enden some five or six years earlier.
1668, Dec. 31: Herman Boerhaave is born at Voorhout.
  Balthasar Bekker, De philosophia Cartesiana admonitio candida & sincera, Wesel: s.n.  
  Adriaen Koerbagh, Een Bloemhof van allerley lieflijkheyd, Amsterdam: s.n.  
  Adriaen Koerbagh, Een Ligt Schijnende in Duystere Plaatsen, Amsterdam: s.n.  
1669
1669, Feb. 23: Isaac Newton in his first letter to Henry Oldenburg describes how he constructed his first reflecting telescope. Pieter de la Court
1669, Feb. 24: The historiographer and diplomat Lieuwe van Aitzema dies at The Hague.
1669, Mar. 1: The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, written by John Locke and the Earl of Shaftesbury, are adopted by the eight proprietors of Carolina.
1669, Mar. 27: Jean de Labadie, a former Jesuit and Reformed preacher at Middelburg with mystical tendencies, is dismissed by the Walloon Synod.
1669, May 28: The States of Holland prohibit Pieter de la Court's Aanwysing der heilsame politike gronden en maximen van de Republike.
1669, Aug.: Jean de Labadie settles at Amsterdam, where he is soon joined by the scholar Anna Maria van Schurman.
1669, Sep.: Petrus Serrarius dies at Amsterdam.
1669, Oct. 4: The painter Rembrandt dies at Amsterdam.
1669, Oct. 15: Adriaen Koerbagh dies in the Amsterdam house of correction. Nil Volentibus Arduum
1669, Nov. 4: The Calvinist theologian Johannes Cocceius dies at Leiden.
1669, Nov. 26: In Amsterdam the first meeting is held of the literary society Nil volentibus arduum, with among its members Lodewijk Meyer, Johannes Bouwmeester, Andries Pels, David Lingelbach, Johannes Antonides van der Goes, Ysbrand Vincent, Anthonius van Coppenol, Moesman Dop, Reynier van Diephout and Denijs Wynants.
1669, Dec. 9: Pope Clement IX dies at Rome.
  Pieter Rixtel, Mengelrymen, Haarlem: Vincent Casteleyn.
  [Pieter de la Court], Aanwysing der heilsame politike gronden en maximen van de Republike, Leiden & Rotterdam: Hakkens.
  Marcello Malpighi, Dissertatio Epistolica de Bombyce, London: John Martyn & James Allestry.

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