Major Events
- Jan 19 French King Louis XIV and Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I sign a secret Partition Treaty, dividing the Spanish Empire if Charles II of Spain died without an heir
- Jan 23 England, Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
- Feb 7 Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
- Feb 13 Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal
- Feb 23 Fire in the Hofburg in Vienna, Emperor Leopold I rescued
- Mar 27 English King Charles II grants Royal Charter giving control of Bombay, India to the English East India Company
- Apr 13 John Dryden, aged 36, appointed the first English Poet Laureate by King Charles II
- May 2 Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1st peace of Aachen: ends War of Devolution, French-Spanish war in The Netherlands
- Jul 7 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
- Jul 13 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro" (the Golden Apple or Tomato) premieres in Vienna
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John Dryden, aged 36, appointed the first English Poet Laureate by King Charles II
Born in 1668
- Jan 8 Jean Gilles, French composer, born in Tarascon, France (d. 1705)
- Mar 19 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), born in Camaiore, Republic of Lucca (d. 1727)
- Mar 29 Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist (Founder of the Foundling Hospital), born in Lyme Regis, Dorset (d. 1751)
- Apr 14 Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1741)
- Apr 20 Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
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Who Died in 1668
- Feb 21 John Thurloe, English Puritan spymaster for Oliver Cromwell (b. 1616)
- Mar 27 Clemens Thieme, German Baroque composer, dies at 36
- Apr 7 William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- May 23 Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
- Jun 20 Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
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Rembrandt van Rijn
Charles II
Louis XIV