1660 in literature
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[edit] Events
- Samuel Pepys starts his diary on January 1.
- Blaise Pascal's Lettres Provinciales is burned as a heretical work on the orders of King Louis XIV of France.
- Following the Restoration, British theatres reopen and Samuel Pepys begins keeping his diary. Richard Baxter is among those who return to London.
- Roger Boyle receives the title of Earl of Orrery.
[edit] New books
- Astraea Redux - John Dryden
- Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience - Jeremy Taylor
[edit] New drama
- Molière - Sganarelle, ou le Cocu imaginaire
[edit] Non-fiction
- Richard Flecknoe - Heroick Portraits
[edit] Births
- January - Pierre Helyot (died 1716)
- September - Daniel Defoe (died 1731)
- date unknown - Edward Lhuyd (died 1709)
- date unknown - Thomas Southerne (died 1749)
[edit] Deaths
- October 6 - Paul Scarron (born c.1610)
- date unknown - Sir Thomas Urquhart (born 1611)

