* 1660 – Johann Kuhnau, German composer, organist and harpsichordist ( d. 1722 )

* 1660 – Hans Sloane, English collector and physician ( d. 1753 )

Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems About Slavery, 1660 – 1810, Yale University Press.

* 1660 – Hubert Gautier, French scientist and engineer ( d. 1737 )

* Alexander III of Imereti ( 1609 – 1660 ), king of Imereti

* 1660 – Treaty of Oliwa is established between Sweden and Poland.

* 1660 – Sebastián Durón, Spanish composer ( d. 1716 )

Alessandro Scarlatti ( 2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725 ) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas.

* 1608 – Gaston, Duke of Orléans ( d. 1660 )

* 1581 – Vincent de Paul, French saint ( d. 1660 )

* 1731 – Daniel Defoe, English writer ( b. 1660 )

** Akita Sanesue ( 秋田実季 ; 1576 – 1660 ), daimyo ( feudal ruler )

Its foundations lie in the will of the physician and naturalist Sir Hans Sloane ( 1660 – 1753 ).

English conservatism, which was called Toryism, emerged during the Restoration ( 1660 – 1688 ).

* 1660 – A woman ( either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall ) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.

View of Delft ( Vermeer ) | View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer, 1660 – 1661

* 1660 – Pierre d ' Hozier, French historian ( b. 1592 )

A historian from Slesvig, Ulrik Petersen ( 1656 – 1735 ), wrote in the late 17th century that the flag hung in Slesvig cathedral till about 1660 until it simply crumbled away, thus ending its more than 400-year-old story.

* 1660 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist ( d. 1742 )

The Commonwealth was briefly revived ( 1659 – 60 ), before the restoration of the monarchy in the person of Charles II in May 1660.

* 1660 – With the death of Swedish King Charles X Gustav, the Swedish government can start to seek peace with Sweden's enemies in the Second Northern War – something that Charles X Gustav had refused.

Further imprisonments came at London in 1654, Launceston in 1656, Lancaster in 1660, Leicester in 1662, Lancaster again and Scarborough in 1664 – 66 and Worcester in 1673 – 75.

* Blanning, T. C. W. The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660 – 1789 ( 2003 )

** Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite ( d. 1660 )

* Honig, Elizabeth, " In Memory: Lady Dacre and Pairing by Hans Eworth " in Renaissance Bodies: The Human Figure in English Culture c. 1540 – 1660 edited by Lucy Gent and Nigel Llewellyn, Reaktion Books, 1990, ISBN 0-948462-08-6

He was sent to France next year to negotiate the marriage of Princess Christina with Prince Charles, and on his return, being now a widower, he was made a Privy Councillor, and in 1617 married Lady Lucy Percy ( 1599 – 1660 ), daughter of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland ( the famous " Wizard Earl "), by his wife Dorothy Devereux.

Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle ( 1599 – 5 November 1660 ) was an English courtier known for her beauty and wit.

Lucy ( 1599 / 1600-5 November 1660 ), married as his second wife James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle.

** Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle ( 1599 – 1660 )

The English Civil War caused devastation at the hands of the notorious Roger Thomas of Llanfrynach ; repairs were carried out by Bishop William Lucy after 1660.

* James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle ( 1612 – 1660 )

*** 1709: 7th Earl of Kinnoull ( Thomas Hay, 1660 – 1719 )

Katherine, Lady Stanhope, widow of Henry Stanhope, Lord Stanhope, eldest son of the first Earl of Chesterfield and father of the second Earl, was created Countess of Chesterfield for life in 1660.

Mary, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau ( Mary Henrietta ; 4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660 ) was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria of France.

Lady Elizabeth Feilding, daughter of the first Earl of Denbigh, was created Countess of Guilford for life in 1660.

The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 ( as Countess of Guilford ) for Elizabeth Boyle.

However, Carlisle was childless and on his death in 1660 all the titles became extinct.

The third creation came in 1660 when Sir Charles Howard was made Baron Dacre of Gillesland, in the County of Cumberland, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, in the County of Cumberland, and Earl of Carlisle.

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle ( 1629 – 24 February 1685 ) was an English military leader and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660 and was created Earl of Carlisle in 1661.

At the Restoration in 1660, Sterne was appointed Bishop of Carlisle, from where he was translated to York in 1664.

He was appointed chaplain to Charles II, and was rewarded with the first prebendal stall in Carlisle Cathedral ( November 1660 ).

He was Dean of Carlisle from 1660 to 1671, Bishop of Bristol from 1672 to 1679 and Bishop of Chichester from 1678 to 1685.

Immediately after the Restoration of 1660, Carleton was made dean of Carlisle.