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What Happened in December 1661

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Historical Events

  • Dec 20 Corporation Act enforced in England
  • Dec 30 Sweden's original Drottningholm Palace burns down, rebuilt from 1662 in its modern form to design by Nikodemus Tessin

Events in 1661

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 5 Robert Haley, 1st Earl of Oxford and English premier (Whig, 1710-14), born in Covent Garden, Middlesex, Kingdom of England (d. 1725)
  • Dec 5 Robert Harley, English diplomat and statesman (Lord High Treasurer, 1711-14; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1710-11; Secretary of State, 1704-08), born in Covent Garden, Middlesex, Kingdom of England (d. 1724)
  • Dec 18 Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751)
Born in 1661

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 7 Adriana Nooseman [van de Bergh], Dutch actress, 1st to perform professionally in the Netherlands ("Onvergelijkelijke Ariana" at Amsterdam Schouwburg), dies at about 35 [birthdate uncertain, c. 1626]
  • Dec 29 Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)


What Happened in 1661

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