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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1660. ==Events== * January 1 - Samuel Pepys starts his diary. * February - John Rhodes reopens the old Cockpit Theatre in London, forms a company of young actors and begins to stage plays. His production of ''Pericles'' will be the first Shakespearean performance of the Restoration era; Thomas Betterton makes his stage debut in the title rôle. * May - The English Restoration: a host of royalist exiles return to England, Richard Baxter among them, and many panegyrics are produced to commemorate the event. * August 21 - The newly restored King Charles II of England issues a royal grant for two theatre companies: a King's Company under his own patronage, led by Thomas Killigrew, and a Duke's Company under the patronage of his brother, the Duke of York and future King James II, led by Sir William Davenant. On November 8, the King's Company moves from the old Red Bull Theatre to the new Vere St. Theatre. * September 5 - Roger Boyle receives the title of Earl of Orrery. * December 8 - First actress to appear on the professional stage in England in a non-singing rôle, as Desdemona in ''Othello'', variously considered to be Margaret Hughes, Anne Marshall or Katherine Corey. * Royalist poet Robert Herrick returns to his parish in Devon following the English Restoration.〔 〕 * The ''Klencke Atlas'' is commissioned by Dutch merchants as a gift to King Charles II of England; at 1.75 m (5 ft 9in) tall it is one of the world's largest books. * Blaise Pascal's ''Lettres Provinciales'' is burned as a heretical work on the orders of King Louis XIV of France. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1660 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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