Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1660
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Literature
- Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, Satires
- 3 March: John Milton, The Ready and Easy Way
Theatre
Art
- Jan Vermeer, Maidservant Pouring Milk and View of Delft
- Rembrandt, St. Peter Denying Christ
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
Theology
- John Natick establishes the first church for American Indians
at Natick.
Milestones
Miscellaneous
Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 17
Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 17
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maintained by Jack
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Literature
Theatre
- Pierre Corneille, La toison d'or (The Golden Fleece),
Theâtre de Marais, Paris
Art
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Robert Boyle, Experiments Physics-Mechanical Touching the Spring of
the Air and its Effects
Politics & Law
- May 8: End of the Civil Wars as Charles II is proclaimed king
- 26 May: Charles II arrives in Dover from France
- Clarendon code restricts Puritans' religious freedom
Theology
Milestones
- Birth of Daniel Defoe
- Death of Diego Velázquez
- Death of Charles X of Sweden
Miscellaneous
- Samuel Pepys notes trying tea ("a China drink") for the first time
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