WHAT HAPPENED IN 1661.
Look what happened the 1661.

English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England. (6. January 1661)

Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London. (19. January 1661)

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed. (30. January 1661)

King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey. (23. April 1661)

Marriage contract between Charles II of England and Catherine of Braganza. (23. June 1661)

The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. (16. July 1661)

The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic. (6. August 1661)

Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers. (5. September 1661)

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