Timeline October 1660

Events in October 1660 3

• 1610 – 1660 Paul Scarron (1610-1660) Died 6 October 1660, aged 50 Paul Scarron was a French poet and dramatist celebrated for his burlesque verse and the picaresque novel Le Roman comique. Long disabled by illness, he remained a prominent figure in Parisian literary circles until his death on 6 October 1660.
• 1616 – 1660 Thomas Harrison (1616-1660) Executed 13 October 1660, aged 44 Thomas Harrison was a Parliamentarian general and signatory of Charles I's death warrant. After the Restoration he was tried as a regicide and became the first to be hanged, drawn, and quartered at Charing Cross, on 13 October 1660.
• 1660 Execution of the regicides Surviving signatories of Charles I's death warrant are executed In October 1660, following the Restoration, several men who had signed Charles I's death warrant or played leading roles in his trial were hanged, drawn, and quartered in London. Thomas Harrison was the first to die, on 13 October, as the new regime made examples of the regicides while sparing others under the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion.