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1660 - What happened in 1660 ?


February 1660


Monday 23:

Charles XI becomes King of Sweden.




March 1660


Tuesday 16:

The Long Parliament disbands.




April 1660


Friday 23:

Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.




May 1660


Saturday 29:

English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England.




June 1660


Tuesday 01:

Mary Dyer is hanged in Boston, Massachusetts, for defying a law banning Quakers from the colony. She is considered to be the last religious martyr in what would become the United States.




November 1660


Sunday 28:

At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.



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