1668
Years:
1665 1666 1667 - 1668 - 1669 1670 1671Decades:
1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690sCenturies:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1668 by topic: Science - State leaders - Literature - Music
Events
- January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed.
- February 13 Lisbon - Peace Treaty between Afonso VI of Portugal and Carlos II of Spain, by mediation of Charles II of England where it is recognized the legitimity of the Portuguese monarch. Portugal yields Ceuta to Spain.
- The first Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of Devolution.
- Bishop Issac Barrow founds the Bishop Barrow Trust to establish a university on the Isle of Man. (King William's College)
- First performance of Molière's Comedy, Tartuffe
- The British East India Company takes over Bombay
- Foundation of the First National Bank of Europe in Stockholm, Sweden "Riskbank"
- Emperor Yohannes I of Ethiopia convenes a church council in Gondar, which decides to expel all Roman Catholics in Ethiopia.
Births
- April 20 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (d. 1739)
- May 8 - Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747)
- June 23 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)
- October 18 - John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
- November 10 - Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)
- November 10 - François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)
- November 11 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar (d. 1736)
- December 31 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738)
Deaths
- February 21 - John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (b. 1616)
- April 7 - Sir William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
- June 20 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
- September 19 - Sir William Waller, English Civil War general
- November 17 - Joseph Alleine, English non-conformist preacher (b. 1634)
- François l'Ollonais, French pirate