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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1656. ==Events== *April 25 - In London, the Council of State, usually busy with larger matters, has taken on the censorship of individual books and orders the Lord Mayor of the City of London to burn a volume titled ''Sportive Wit, or the Muses' Merriment'' for its "scandalous, lascivious, scurrilous, and profane matter." *May - Performance of ''The Siege of Rhodes'', Part I, by Sir William Davenant, the "first English opera" (under the guise of a recitative), in a private theatre at his home, Rutland House, in the City of London. This also includes the innovative use of painted backdrops and the appearance of England's first professional actress, Mrs. Coleman as Ianthe. *May 9 - ''Choice Drollery, Songs, and Sonnets'' is ordered destroyed by Britain's Council of State. *July 27 - Baruch Spinoza is excluded from the Jewish religious community in Amsterdam. *November 12 - John Milton marries Katherine Woodcock. * Two playbooks published in London in this year, ''The Careless Shepherdess'' and ''The Old Law'', contain the first "play lists" or catalogues of published dramas ever issued in England. * Publication in Cambridge, New England, of the catechism ''Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes'' by Rev. John Cotton, the first known children's book published in America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1656 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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