| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s
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| Years: | 1665 1666 1667 - 1668 - 1669 1670 1671 |
| 1668 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1321 ('MDCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1668[]
January - June[]
- January - The Triple Alliance of 1668 is formed.
- February 13 - In Lisbon, a peace treaty is established between Afonso VI of Portugal and Carlos II of Spain, by mediation of Charles II of England where is recognized the legitimacy of the Portuguese monarch. Portugal yields Ceuta to Spain.
July - December[]
- Mid-July: Henry Morgan sacks Portobello,taking a lot of treasure.
- Mid-July:Henry Morgan sacks Panama City,but very little money comes and the city is burned.
Undated[]
- The first Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of Devolution.
- Bishop Isaac 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, L'Avare.
- The British East India Company takes over Bombay.
- Foundation of the First National Bank of Europe in Stockholm, Sweden, Riksbank.
- Emperor Yohannes I of Ethiopia convenes a church council in Gondar, which decides to expel all Roman Catholics in Ethiopia.
Births[]
| Gregorian calendar | 1668 MDCLXVIII
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2421 |
| Armenian calendar | 1117 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -176 – -175 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2212 |
| Coptic calendar | 1384 – 1385 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1660 – 1661 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5428 – 5429 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1723 – 1724 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1590 – 1591 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4769 – 4770 |
| Holocene calendar | 11668 |
| Iranian calendar | 1046 – 1047 |
| Islamic calendar | 1078 – 1079 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanbun
7
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2328 (皇紀2328年) |
| Julian calendar | 1713 |
| Korean calendar | 4001 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2211 |
- 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 (d. 1694)
- November 10 - Louis III (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)
- See also 1668 births.
Deaths[]
- January 6 - Luis de Benavides Carrillo (born 1608)
- February 8 - Alessandro Tiarini, painter (born 1577)
- February 21 - John Thurloe, English Puritan spy (born 1616)
- April 7 - Sir William Davenant, English poet (born 1606)
- June 20 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (born 1620)
- September 19 - Sir William Waller, English Civil War general (born c.1635)
- November 17 - Joseph Alleine, English non-conformist preacher (born 1634)
- November 22 - Adolf William (born 1532)
- See also 1668 deaths.
Heads of state[]
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People of the year 1668 at Familypedia
109 people were born in 1668
48 children were born to the 53 women born in 1668
53 people died in 1668
5765 people lived in 1668
| Father | Mother | |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Hendriks (1663-bef1753) | Heinrich Jansz (c1640-) | Engel Pieters (c1640-) |
| Anna Jans (1645-1705) | ||
| Cornelis Robberts (1645-1708) | Jan Robberts | |
| Antonius Cornellii (c1630-aft1671) | Antonia Laurenti (c1600-) | |
| Dieuwer Claas (c1615-1679) | ||
| Eth Louwes (1657-1727) | Louw Dirksz (bef1657-) | Aeff Dircs (bef1657-) |
| Elisabeth Joannis (1645-) | ||
| Geert Jans (c1650-1693) | Jan (bef1650-) | |
| Griedt Simons (c1638-bef1699) | ||
| Lydia Ann Brown Hodges (1608-1686) | ||
| Maria Jacobi (c1632-aft1671) | Jacob (bef1632-) | |
| Neeltje Dircks (c1645-1714) | Dirck (bef1645-) | |
| Pieter Allertsz (1625-1671) | ||
| Anna Egges (c1635-aft1677) | Egge Jans | Anna Jans |
| Hendrik Aalberdink (1639-1671) | Teunis Aalberdink (?-?) | |
| ... further results | ||
Events of the year 1668 at Familypedia
132 people were married in 1668.
There were 0 military battles in 1668.