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London theaers reopen; actress on stage for first time
1660 was one of the most eventful years in the history of England, and also proved to be one of the most important in the development of English theatre, including the advent of the first English actresses. -
Charles II is proclaimed king
Charles II proclaimed king of England crowned in 1661 -
plague
The plague claims more than 68,000 people in London -
Great fire
Fire destroys London -
Glorious revolution 1688-1689
bloodless revolution of england by King James II -
Alexander Pope publishes part of The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellaneous Poems and Translations in May 1712 in two cantos. -
Swift publishes A Modest Proposal
A Modest Proposal protested English treatment of the Irish poor. -
Voltaire publishes Candide
Candide is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious Bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings. -
George III
George III is crowned King of England, know as king who lost the American colonies. -
British pass stamp act
British paraliment passs stamp act taxing american colonies. -
african american poet Phillis Wheatly
Phillis wrote many peoms on various subjects, religious and moral is published in london -
Boston Tea party
Boston tea part begins, british natives throw tea overboard in protest against england. -
Mary Wollstonecraft
publihses A Vindication of the Rights of Woman -
revolutionary government
Napoleonheads revolutionary government in France.
