Major Events
- Mar 16 English Long Parliament disbands
- Apr 25 English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
- May 8 English Parliament proclaims Charles II, King of England and invites him to return
- May 29 On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
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Who Died in 1660
- Feb 2 Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII, dies at 51
- Feb 2 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
- Feb 13 Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
- Feb 15 Klaas Geritsz Compaen, Dutch buccaneer and merchant, dies at 72
- Feb 16 Jean de Lauson, French Governor of New France (1651-57) and landowner, dies in Paris at 80 [1]
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Famous Weddings in 1660
- Jun 9 French King Louis XIV (21) marries Maria Theresa of Spain (21) at Saint-Jean-de-Luz
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