1660

Events in 1660 3

• 1599 – 1660 Diego Velázquez Baroque · Spain Diego Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was the leading painter of the Spanish Golden Age and court painter to Philip IV. Las Meninas is considered one of the most important paintings in Western art history.
• 1622 – 1660 Charles X Gustav The March Across the Belts Famous for leading his army across the frozen sea to surprise the Danes, resulting in the Treaty of Roskilde.
• 1660 – 1731 Daniel Defoe English novelist Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe, one of the earliest English novels and a foundation of realism in fiction.