* 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 – 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 )

* March 23 – Anglo-Spanish War ( 1654 – 1660 ): By the Treaty of Paris, France and England form an alliance against Spain ; England will receive Dunkirk.

The conflict was finally settled by the Treaty of Copenhagen on 27 May 1660.

In the Second Northern War, she was able to establish control of the eastern bank of the Sound, formalized in the Treaty of Roskilde ( 1658 ), and gain recognition of her southeastern dominions by the European great powers in the Treaty of Oliva ( 1660 ); yet, Sweden was barred from further expansion at the southern coast of the Baltic.

Frederick William, the " Great Elector " of Brandenburg, achieved full sovereignty over the territory in the 1657 Treaty of Wehlau, which was confirmed in the 1660 Treaty of Oliva.

The transfer to Sweden was confirmed in 1660 by the Treaty of Copenhagen.

By the Treaty of Oliva between the Commonwealth and Sweden in 1660 following the Northern Wars the Polish-Lithuanian king renounced all claims to the Swedish throne and Livonia was formally ceded to Sweden.

Following the attack on Copenhagen and the city's successful defence, and the reconquest by Norwegian forces of Trondheim, the Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660 restored that province to Norway.

Parts of Livonia and the city of Riga were under Swedish control as early as 1621 and the situation was formalized in Truce of Altmark 1629, but the whole territory was not ceded formally until the Treaty of Oliva in 1660.

The Treaty of Copenhagen restored Bornholm to Denmark and Trøndelag to Norway in 1660, while the other provinces transferred in Roskilde remained with Sweden.

Eventually, the resulting Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660 restored Trøndelag to Norway, and also the island of Bornholm to Denmark.

* Bornholm ( Treaty of Roskilde, 1658 – 1660 )

* Trøndelag ( Treaty of Roskilde, 1658 – 1660 )

* Inflanty Voivodeship, a district of the Duchy of Livonia ( 1561 – 1621 ) that was retained by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Treaty of Oliva in 1660

Medal celebrating the Treaty ( 1660 )

When Charles X Gustav died in February 1660, his successor settled for the Treaty of Oliva with Poland – Lithuania, Habsburg and Brandenburg in April and the Treaty of Copenhagen with Denmark in May.

* Treaty of Oliva: Sweden and Brandenburg-Prussia, Habsburg and Poland-Lithuania ( 1660 )

* Treaty of Copenhagen: Sweden and Denmark ( 1660 )

The Treaty or Peace of Oliva of 23 April ( OS )/ 3 May ( NS ) 1660 (,, ) was one of the peace treaties ending the Second Northern War ( 1655-1660 ).

By the Treaty of Roskilde ( 1658 ) and the Treaty of Copenhagen ( 1660 ), Denmark released Gottorp from its feudal bonds and recognized the sovereignty of its dukes over the Gottorp portions of the duchy of Schleswig.

In article XXVII, former Dano-Swedish peaces were confirmed as long as their provisions were not in conflict with the treaty of Kiel, namely the Treaty of Copenhagen ( 1660 ), the Treaty of Stockholm ( June 1720 ), the Treaty of Frederiksborg ( July 1720 ) and the Treaty of Jönköping ( 1809 ).