1661

1661 was a common year starting on a Saturday in the Gregorian calendar, and a common year starting on a Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
Events
January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. George Monck's regiment defeats them.
January 30 - The body of Oliver Cromwell is subjected to a posthumous execution.
February 5 - The Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China dies and is succeeded by his son the Kangxi Emperor.
February 14 - George Monck's regiment becomes The Lord General's Regiment of Foot Guards (which later becomes Coldstream Guards)
April 23 - King Charles II of England, Scotland, Ireland crowned in Westminster Abbey. This is his second crowning.
April 28 - The University of Santo Tomas in Manila opens. It is Asia's first University.
June 30 - The first Earl of Argyle is executed at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh for treason.
August 6 - Portugal and the Dutch Republic sign the treaty of The Hague, whereby New Holland in present-day Brazil is ceded to Portugal.
December 30 - Drottningholm Castle in Stockholm is destroyed by fire.
Dutch rule ends in Taiwan.
First modern bank notes issued in Stockholm, Sweden
Births
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, English poet and statesman (d. 1715)
May 25 - Claude de Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
June 6 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1756)
June 9 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (d. 1682)
July 20 - Pierre Le Moyne, French founder of the Louisiana colony (d. 1706)
September 2 - Georg Boehm, 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 Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1742)
November 6 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
November 15 - Christoph Graffenried, Swiss settler in America (d. 1743)
November 28 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
December 5 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (d. 1724)
December 18 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
Deaths
January 19 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist
February 2 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
February 5 - Shunzhi Emperor of China (b. 1638)
March 1 - Richard Zouch, English jurist (b. 1590)
March 9 - Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1602)
April 4 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. 1580)
April 7 - William Brereton, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
May 27 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, Scottish dissenter (b. 1607)
August 7 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
August 16 - Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608)
August 29 - Louis Couperin, French composer and organist (b. 1626)
September 11 - Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (b. 1611)
October 4 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy and sister of Blaise Pascal (b. 1625)
October 28 - Agustin Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1618)
November 19 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
December 29 - Antoine Gerard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)