1666 in History – What happened in year 1666

In history, year 1666 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1666.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1666:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
02 september	A large fire began on London's Pudding Lane and burned the cityfor three days, destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.
13 May	Under the confederation of Purandar, Shivaji reached Agra to meet Aurangzeb.
05 September	13,200 houses were damaged and eighty people died in the fierce fire in the London city of England.
11 December	Legendary painter Frenz Helz of Holland died at the age of 82.
22 December	Guru Govind Singh was born.
26 December	Sikhism Guru Govind Singh was born.
22 January	Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan died.

Famous birthdays in the year 1666:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 November	James Sherard / Botanist / United Kingdom
05 September	Gottfried Arnold / Historian / Germany
05 December	Francesco Scarlatti / Violinist / Italy
05 November	Attilio Ariosti / Composer / Italy
09 February	George Hamilton / Field Marshal / Scotland
10 July	John Ernest Grabe / Academic / Germany
13 August	William Wotton / Scholar / United Kingdom
15 March	George Bähr / Architect / Germany
16 September	Antoine Parent / Mathematician / France
17 January	Antonio Maria Valsalva / Physician / Italy
18 April	Jean-Féry Rebel / Violinist / France
25 April	Johann Heinrich Buttstett / Composer / Germany
25 November	Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri / Violin Maker / Italy

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1666:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
22 December	Guru Gobind Singh / Poet / India