1661 in England
List of events
Events from the year 1661 in England.
Incumbents
Events
Publications
Births
- 21 January – Peter Le Neve, herald and antiquary (died 1729)
- 20 February – William Digby, 5th Baron Digby, politician (died 1752)
- 25 February – Anne Lennard, Countess of Sussex, née Palmer or FitzRoy, illegitimate daughter of Charles II (died 1721/2)
- 16 April – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, poet and statesman (died 1715)
- 7 May – George Clarke, politician and architect (died 1736)
- 11 August – William Churchill, politician (died 1737)
- 31 August – Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath, diplomat (died 1701)
- 1 October – Sir Matthew Dudley, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1721)
- 22 October – Margaret Holles, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, noblewoman (d. 1717)
- 28 November – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, Governor of New York and New Jersey (died 1723)
- 3 December – Nathaniel Gould, politician (died 1728)
- 5 December – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, statesman (died 1724)
- date unknown
Deaths
References
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