1671 in literature

none 1671 literature This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1671. Events February – Nell Gwyn retires from the stage and moves into a brick townhouse at 79 Pall Mall, London.Sheppard, F. H. W. No. 79 Pall Mall: Nell Gwynne's house Survey of London vol. 29–30 St James Westminster, Pt 1 377–378 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40600 1960 2013-07-12 November 9 – The Duke's Company open their new venue, the Dorset Garden Theatre. Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières is awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie française.France Peter The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French 234 New York Oxford University Press 1995 0-19-866125-8 registration https://archive.org/details/newoxfordcompani00fran/page/234 Philosophus Autodidactus, the first Latin translation of Ibn Tufail's 12th century tale Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, prepared by Edward Pococke before 1660, is published for the first time. New books Prose Edward Bagshaw (attributed) – The Life and Death of Mr Vavasor Powell Edward Burrough (died 1663) – The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation: Namely, that True Prophet, and Faithful Servant of God, and Sufferer for the Testimony of Jesus, Edward Burroughs... Marie-Catherine de Villedieu – Les Amours des Grands Hommes Johann Ferdinand Hertodt – Crocologia John Josselyn – New England's Rarities, discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country (London) Gottfried Leibniz – Hypothesis Physica Nova (`New Physical Hypothesis') Pierre Martin de La Martinière – Voyage des pays septentrionaux (A New Voyage to the North) Arnoldus Montanus – De nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America (The Unknown New World or Description of the Continent America) Isaac Newton – Method of Fluxions Jane Sharp – The Midwives Book: or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered Children James Janeway – A Token for Children (two parts) Drama Aphra Behn – The Amorous Prince (adapted from Robert Davenport's The City Nightcap) Pedro Calderon de la Barca – El santo rey don Fernando John Caryll – Sir Solomon Single Pierre Corneille – Tite et Bérénice John Corye – The Generous Enemies John Crowne Charles VIII of France Juliana John Dryden – The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery Edward Howard – The Six Days' Adventure Elizabeth Polwheele – The Frolicks Samuel Pordage – Herod and Mariamne Edward Ravenscroft – Mamamouchi Edward Revet – The Town Shifts Elkanah Settle – Cambyses George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham & others – The Rehearsal William Wycherley – Love in a Wood Poetry John Milton – Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes Births April 6 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French dramatist and poet (died 1741) September 7 – Antoine Danchet, French dramatist and poet (died 1748) November 6 – Colley Cibber, English playwright and Poet Laureate (died 1757) Unknown date – Gustaf Adlerfelt, Swedish historian (died 1709) Unknown date, possibly 1672 – Sarah Dixon, English poet (died 1765) Deaths January 1 – Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, French historian and cleric (born 1606) January 22 – Odorico Raynaldi, Italian historian (born 1595) February 22 – Adam Olearius, German librarian and scholar (born 1603) July 14 – Méric Casaubon, Swiss-born English classicist (born 1599) September 28 – Jean de Montigny, French philosopher and poet (born 1636) December 28 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classicist (born 1611) References