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{{Year nav topic5|1660|poetry|literature}}Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events- The return to power of Charles II of England, with a triumphant entrance into London on May 29, results in the publication of numerous panegyrics and similar verse by English poets praising the monarch. However, the anti-monarchist John Milton is forced into hiding as a warrant for his arrest is in force until the summer and his writings are burned.
Works published- Elias Ashmole, Sol in Ascendente; or, The Glorious Appearance of Charles the Second, upon the Horizon of London, in her Horoscopicall Sign, Gemini, anonymous, on Charles II, who entered London on May 29 this year[1]
- Charles Cotton, A Panegyrick to the King's Most Excellent Majesty[1]
- Abraham Cowley:
- Ode, Upon the Blessed Restoration and Returne of His Sacred Majestie, Charls, on Charles II, who entered London on May 29 of this year[1]
- writing under the pen name "Ezekiel Grebner", a purported grandson of Paul Grebner, The Visions and Prophecies Concerning England, Scotland, and Ireland of Ezekiel Grebner, published this year, although the book states "1661"; a royalist political satire, in prose and verse[1][2]
- Sir William Davenant:
- "A Panegyric to his Excellency the Lord General Monck", to George Monck
- "Poem, Upon His Sacred Majesties Most Happy Return to His Dominions", on Charles II, who entered London on May 29 of this year[1]
- Sir Robert Howard, Poems[1]
- John Phillips, Montelion, 1660; or, The Proheticall Almanack, published under the pen name "Montelion, knight of the oracle, a well-wisher to the mathematicks", a verse satire on William Lilly's almanacs[1]
- Robert Wild, Iter Boreale[1]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester:
- Epicedia Academiæ Oxoniensis, a collection of poems offering condolence with the Queen Mother, Henrietta Maria, for the death of her daughter Mary, the Princess Royal; two poems in the collection have been attributed to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: a Latin poem, "In Obitum Serenissimae Mariae Principis Arausionensis," and an English poem, "To Her Sacred Majesty, the Queen Mother, on the Death of Mary, Princess of Orange."[3]
- Editor, Britannia Rediviva Oxford: Excudebat A. & L. Lichfield, Acad. Typogr., anthology[3]
- George Wither, Speculum Speculativum; or, A Considering-Glass[1]
BirthsDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - By May – Anne Killigrew (died 1685), English poet
DeathsBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - September 12 – Jacob Cats (born 1576), Dutch poet
- October 6 – Paul Scarron (born 1610), French poet, playwright and novelist
- date not known
- Faqi Tayran, also spelled "Feqiyê Teyran", pen name of Mir Mihemed (born 1590), Kurdish
- Sir Thomas Urquhart (born 1611), Scottish
See also{{portal|Poetry}}- Poetry
- 17th century in poetry
- 17th century in literature
- Restoration literature
Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN|0-19-860634-6}} 2. ^{{cite ODNB|id=6499|title=Cowley, Abraham|first=Alexander|last=Lindsay}} 3. ^1 Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1241305215552985 Archived] 2009-05-02.
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