1660 to 1669
1660
x - ||
The Monarchy is restored, Charles II agrees to respect the Magna Carta and Petition of Rights

1661
x - Postal service within the colony of Virginia.

1662
x - Moliere's troupe performs "le ecole des femmes"

1664
x - England siezes New Amsterdam from the Dutch, change name to New York

1665
x - Robert Hooke identifies cells
x - Great Plague in London

1666
x - Approval of the Canal du Midi is given to improve transportation and provide ships with a
route to and from the Mediterranean.
x - Great Fire of London

1667
x - "Little Russia", an area around Kiev, is conceeded by the Polish government to the
Russian government.
x - John Milton publishes Paradise Lost
x - Clement IX + becomes
pope ?+
[u.1669]
[re.List of Popes]

1668
x - Francesco Redi attempts to prove that rotting meat cannot spontaneously
turn into flies.

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