PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1660 – 1669

The world in the 1660s

From 1660 to 1669 the atlas holds 525 states standing at some time. 117 things began - Phosphorus, Paradise Lost and Messier 22 among them - and 25 ended; 72 people were born and 82 died.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1660: 16 began — 13 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16601661: 10 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16611662: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16621663: 9 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16631664: 12 began — 11 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16641665: 16 began — 11 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other16651666: 11 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16661667: 18 began — 10 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other16671668: 10 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other16681669: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1669

What began in the 1660s

By kind, the best known first.

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 81

and 73 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 4

Treaties 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 3

Trade and piracy 2

What ended in the 1660s

States 8

Wars and battles 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

Died 82

and 66 more in the atlas.

States of the 1660s

The states that stood at some time in the 1660s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1660.

Europe: 234 statesEurope234Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 33 statesSub-Saharan Africa33South Asia: 101 statesSouth Asia101East and Southeast Asia: 64 statesEast and Southeast Asia64Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe234 states

and 226 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 47 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa33 states

and 25 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia101 states

and 93 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia64 states

and 56 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania17 states

and 9 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown21 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1640 – 1689: every state, war and life of the 1660s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1665: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.