Anniversarial — 2010
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The Restoration in England: after the death of Oliver Cromwell and the collapse of the Protectorate, Charles II is restored to English throne on 29 May. In the new freer atmosphere after the king's return, the Royal Society of London is founded on 28 November.
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2010:
Births
- Bateman, Sir James (born 1660–died 1718), English — financier, politician, member of Parliament
- Chew, Samuel (born 1660–died 1718), American — landowner, merchant
- Churchill, Sarah, duchess of Marlborough [née Jenyns] (born 1660–died 1744), English — courtier
- Cutts, John, Baron Cutts of Gowran (born 1660/1661–died 1707), English — army officer, politician, member of Parliament
- Defoe, Daniel (born c. 1660–died 1731), English — author, businessman, spy, soldier
- George I, king of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1660–died 1727), German — monarch
- Hoffmann, Doctor Friedrich (born 1660–died 1742), German — physician, university teacher
- Kennet, White, bishop of Peterborough (born 1660–died 1728), English — churchman, antiquarian
- Le Semelier, Jean Laurent (born 1660–died 1725), French — scholar, chemist, legalist
- Perceval, Sir John, baronet (born c. 1660–died 1686), Irish — aristocrat
- Schard, Johann (born 1660–died 1727), German — alchemist, physician, courtier, mathematician, historian
- Sloane, Sir Hans (born 1660–died 1753), Irish — physician, collector, academy member
- Smithsby, Rabsy [née Smithsby] (born before 1660), English — gentlewoman
- Stearne, John, bishop of Clogher (born 1660–died 1745), Irish — churchman, philanthropist
- Waller, Richard (born c. 1660–died 1715), English — botanist, academy member, translator
Deaths
- Du Prat, Abraham (born 1616–died 1660), French — anatomist
- Freinshem, Johannes (born 1608–died 1660), German — scholar, classicist, university teacher
- Mylon, Claude (born 1618–died 1660), French — lawyer, mathematician
- Noël, Étienne (born 1581–died 1660), French — churchman, Jesuit, physicist
