1660 in literature

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Events

New Books

  • Aloisiae Sigeae Toletanae Satyra sotadica de Arcanis Amoris et Veneris - Nicolas Chorier
  • Astraea Redux - John Dryden
  • The straight and easy way to a free republic (The ready & easie way to establish_link a free Commonwealth ) - John Milton
  • The Geharnischte Venus - Kaspar von Stieler
  • Martyrs Mirror ( De Martelaersspiegel ) - Thieleman Janz van Braght

New Plays

  • Sganarelle ou le Cocu imaginaire - Molière
  • The rump, or, The mirrour of the late times: a new comedy - John Tatham
  • Love 's Labyrinth, or the Royal Shepherdess - Thomas Ford

Born

Died

  • APRIL 30: Peter Scriverius, Dutch philologist, historian and writer
  • July 6th: John Barzaeus, Swiss Neo-Latin poet
  • August 31: John Freinsheim, German historian and philologist
  • SEPTEMBER 8: Daniel Czepko, German poet and dramatist
  • September 12: Jacob Cats, Dutch poet and politician
  • October 7: Paul Scarron, French writer
  • Thomas Urquhart, Scottish poet and translator of the works of Rabelais
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