He first studied jurisprudence and then literae humaniores at the University of Rostock, where his elegant Latin versification procured for him in 1660 the chair of poetry.

His Opuscula historica ad res germanicas spectantia was edited and published in 1660 by his grandson, Heinrich Meibom ( 1638 – 1700 ), who was professor of medicine and then of history and poetry at Helmstedt, and incorporated his grandfather's work with his own Rerum germanicarum scriptores ( 1688 ).

Year 1660 ( MDCLX ) was a leap year starting on Thursday ( see link for calendar ) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar.

On arriving in England in 1660, he had encouraged the government to continue Rupert's own exploration of the Gambia in an attempt to find gold, leading to Robert Holmes's expedition the following year.

After the death of Charles X of Sweden in 1660, Brahe, as Lord High Steward, became one of the regents of Sweden for the second time ( he had held a similar office during the minority of Christina, 1632 – 1644 ), and during the difficult year 1660 he had entire control of both foreign and domestic affairs.

In 1660, Hyde was raised to the peerage as Baron Hyde, of Hindon in the County of Wiltshire, and the next year was created Viscount Cornbury and Earl of Clarendon.

The Convention Parliament ( 25 April 1660 – 29 December 1660 ) followed the Long Parliament that had finally voted for its own dissolution on 16 March that year.

The year 1660 in literature involved some significant events.

Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660 followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year.

His son, the third Earl, supported the Restoration in 1660 and was thanked for his efforts the same year when he was created Baron FitzHerbert of Eastwell, in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of England.

In December 1624 he was made a prebendary of Durham, and in the following year archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire ( until 1660 ).

His Metallurgia was published in 1660 ; and the next year appeared his Character pro notitia linguarum universali, in which he gives 10, 000 words for use as a universal language.

On the death of Scarron in 1660, Anne of Austria continued his pension to his widow, even increasing it to 2000 livres a year, thus enabling her to remain in literary society.

Charles X Gustav fell ill in early 1660 and died on 23 February of that year.

The year 1660 also marks the origin of team sport.

The year 1660 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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.

Information for the year 1660 when the only active front was in Moldavia ( siege of Varat / Oradea in July / August ) indicates 18, 013 actives out of a total Janissary enrollment of 32, 794.

In 1660 Barbara Villiers, his wife of one year became mistress to King Charles II.

Within a year, Barbara became the favourite mistress or ' mistresse en titre ,' of King Charles II, coincident with his restoration to the throne in May 1660.

The facts of Byng's life are fairly set out in John Charnock's Biographia navalis ; or, Impartial memoirs of the lives and characters of officers of the navy of Great Britain, from the year 1660 to the present time ; drawn from the most authentic sources, and disposed in a chronological arrangement, vol.

The monastery was donated to the Benedictines in the year 1660, after which Friar Anselmo da Anunciação and Friar Mauro were chosen to take office.

The Royal Hospital Founder's Day takes place close to 29 May each year — the birthday of Charles II, and the date of his restoration as King in 1660.

The term Commonwealth is, however, loosely used to describe the system of government during the whole of 1649 to 1660, when England was de facto, and arguably de jure, a republic ( or, to monarchists, under the English Interregnum ).

However, the first English warship to bear the name Resolution was actually the first rate ( built in 1610 and rebuilt in 1641 ), which was renamed Resolution in 1650 following the inauguration of the Commonwealth, and continued to bear that name until 1660, when the name Prince Royal was restored.

Ludlow stated in early January, 1660 when in conversation with several key officers of the army: ' Then ,' said Capt.

And Charles Stuart, eldest son of the late King, being informed of these transactions, left the Spanish territories where he then resided, and by the advise of Monk went to Breda, a town belonging to the States of Holland: from when he sent his letters and a declaration to the two House by Sir John Greenvil ; whereupon the nominal House of Commons, though called by a Commonwealth writ in the name of the Keepers of the Liberties of England, passed a vote about April 25, 1660, ' That the government of the nation should be by a King, Lords and Commons, and that Charles Stuart should be proclamed King of England.

Dissenters were Protestants who refused to follow the rules of the Church of England after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, and when Newton settled in Olney the village still supported two Dissenting chapels.

On 23 December 1660, when William was ten years old, his mother died of smallpox at Whitehall Palace, London while visiting her brother King Charles II.

A continuous Hohenzollern possession since 1415, Potsdam became prominent, when it was chosen in 1660 as the hunting residence of Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg, the core of the powerful state that later became the Kingdom of Prussia.

The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

In 1660 when a replacement crown called St Edward's Crown was cast for the coronation of Charles II the gold from the aforementioned King Alfred's Crown ( the original crown of Edward the Confessor ) was used, so presumably even after the various jewels had been melted down strenuous efforts were made to recover their components.

At the same time, Charles II made the Declaration of Breda, and when the Convention Parliament met on 25 April 1660 ( with Hale a member from Gloucestershire again ) it immediately began negotiations with the King.

This advantageous situation changed when the two companies were amalgamated in 1682, but the way the actors rebelled and took command of a new company in 1695 is in itself an illustration of how far their status and power had developed since 1660.

The Long Parliament met and officially ended ( in 1660, after being open since 1640 ) when it voted to dissolve itself and create a new Parliament.

The piece succeeded, and Quinault followed it up, but he also read for the bar ; and in 1660, when he married a widow with money, he bought himself a place in the Cour des Comptes.

After 1660 when King Charles II of England ( 1630-1685 ) was restored and then again after 1685 when King James II of England came to power there was an on-going battle between king and the English Parliament.

Holles took part in the conference with George Monck ( later Duke of Albemarle ) at Northumberland House, when the Restoration was directly proposed, and with the secluded members took his seat again in parliament on 21 February 1660.

Pride ’ s Purge was reversed on 21 February 1660 when all the surviving barred members were restored to the Long Parliament which, as law required, voted for its own dissolution.

The anonymous tragedy Andromana was assigned to Shirley when it was first published in 1660, though scholars have treated the attribution with skepticism.

( The building is not destroyed, however, and in 1660, when drama resumes in England with the Restoration, the theatre is fixed and used again.

Perukes or periwigs for men were introduced into the English-speaking world with other French styles when Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660, following a lengthy exile in France.

Sidney was abroad when the monarchy was restored in 1660.

A rare " first period " house was built in 1660 when Main Street, in the pioneer hamlet of Southampton, was first laid out.

* Mother: Concubine from the Manchu Uya clan ( 1660 – 1723 ), who became known as Empress Dowager Renshou ( 仁壽皇太后 ) when her son became emperor.

This decision was later reversed when the monarchy was restored in 1660.