1666

year
Intangible calendar_year Q7585
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Summary

1666 is a calendar year[1]. 1666 draws 944 Wikipedia views per month (calendar year category, ranking #116 of 522).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: common year starting and ending on Friday[3]
  • Follows: 1665[4]
  • Followed by: 1667[5]
  • Part of: 1660s[6], Gregorian calendar[7]
  • Commons category: 1666[8]
  • Point in time: January 1, 1666[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1666[10]
  • Has list: list of state leaders in 1666[11]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q31802257[12]
  • Category for births in this time period: Category:1666 births[13]
  • Category for deaths in this time period: Category:1666 deaths[14]

Why It Matters

1666 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] 1666 is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Famous birthdays id → year/1666
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Famous birthdays id: year/1666, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301570696|1666 (#301570696)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8233|Famous Birthdays years]]"
  2. 23w ago · Looniverse · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → calendar year, common year starting and ending on Friday
    Permanent duplicated item → Q31802257
    Point in time → —
    Part of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fürthwiki article id: 5157, Adding FürthWiki Ids"
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