1668
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| 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 |
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| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
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Year 1668 ('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).
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[edit] Events of 1668
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1668 MDCLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2421 |
| Armenian calendar | 1117 ԹՎ ՌՃԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -176 – -175 |
| Berber calendar | 2618 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2212 |
| Burmese calendar | 1030 |
| Chinese calendar | 4304/4364-11-18 (丁未年十一月十八日) — to — 4305/4365-11-28(戊申年十一月廿八日) |
| 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 (寛文7年) |
| - 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, 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)
- See also Category: 1668 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena (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, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (born 1532)
- See also Category: 1668 deaths.
[edit] Heads of state
- France - Louis XIV, King of France (1643-1715)af:1668
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