What is 1661?
{{Year nav|1661}} {{Year in various calendars|1661}} {{Year article header|1661}} [[File:Mannados.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Manhattan]] in 1661]] == Events == *[[January 6]] – The [[fifth monarchy men]] unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. [[George Monck]]'s [[Coldstream Guards|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 [[Netherlands|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 == [[File:Fjodor III.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Feodor III of Russia]] 1661-1682]] * [[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]