Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s - 1660s - 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s

Years: 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669

• Samuel Pepys begins his famous diary in 1660 and ends it, due to failing eyesight in 1669.
• The Great Plague 1665 in England. It is considered an outbreak of bubonic plague.
• The Great Fire of London 1666. Most of the City of London is destroyed. However, many of the rats considered responsible for the Great Plague are burned and the epidemic soon ceases.