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==Timeline of 1660==
==Timeline of 1660==
*1660/1 [[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre founded.
*1660/1 The [[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre is founded, bringing the number of licensed theatres in the city to four, its maximum in the [[Edo period]].
*1660/1/16 Morita-za burns down.
*1660/1/16 Morita-za burns down.
*1660/2/23 [[Bakufu]] issues fire prevention architecture law.
*1660/2/23 [[Bakufu]] issues fire prevention architecture law.
*1660/7/9 Retainers and relatives of the [[Date clan]] petition the shogunate to force the retirement of [[Date Tsunamune]], who would be succeeded by his son [[Date Tsunamura]].
*1660/7/9 Retainers and relatives of the [[Date clan]] petition the shogunate to force the retirement of [[Date Tsunamune]], who would be succeeded by his son [[Date Tsunamura]].
*1660/7/18 Date Tsunamune is forced to abdicate as daimyô of [[Sendai han]] in favor of his two-year-old son Date Tsunamura.
*1660/7/18 Date Tsunamune is forced to abdicate as daimyô of [[Sendai han]] in favor of his two-year-old son Date Tsunamura.
*1660/9/14 [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]] establishes "33-Article Family Law" (''Toke Seihô Jôjô 33 ka Jô'').
*1660/9/14 [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]] establishes "33-Article Family Law" (''Toke seihô jôjô 33-ka-jô'').
==Other Events of 1660==
==Other Events of 1660==
*The [[Morita-za]] opens as the fourth licensed [[kabuki]] theater in Edo.
*The Crown Prince of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], Prince Nakagusuku (the future King [[Sho Tei|Shô Tei]]), visits [[Kagoshima]], setting a precedent which will continue to be observed until [[1773]].
*[[Shuri castle]] is destroyed by fire.
*[[Shuri castle]] is destroyed by fire.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] is born (d. [[1704]]).
*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] is born (d. [[1704]]).
*Prince [[Sho Jun (1660-1706)|Shô Jun]] of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] is born (d. 1706).
*Prince [[Sho Jun (1660-1706)|Shô Jun]] of Ryûkyû is born (d. 1706).
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