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

The first cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen in Germany's Black Forest

Politics & Law

Charles II assumes the throne of Great Britain in the Restoration
Charles II approves the Navigation Act, which requires that only English ships be allowed to trade in North America, and limits exports of tobacco and sugar to England and its colonies. The act is revised in 1663

Theology

John Natick establishes the first church for American Indians at Natick.

Milestones

Louis XIV of France marries Maria Teresa, the Infanta of Spain

Miscellaneous

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