1685 in literature

none July 2020 1685 literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1685. Events January 22 – Antoine Furetière is expelled from the Académie française for proposing to publish a complete dictionary of the French language himself.Helen Julia McKinney Antoine Furetière, Novelist https://books.google.com/books?id=kVdIAQAAMAAJ 1936 University of California, Berkeley 43 February – The death of King Charles II of England brings a major theatrical flop in the Restoration era: Albion and Albanius – an allegorical drama in praise of the king with a text by John Dryden and music by Louis Grabu – is in rehearsal at the time.Libretto. Retrieved 23 May 2020. June – A revised version of Albion and Albanius fails largely because it coincides with the invasion of the Duke of Monmouth.Grove. Retrieved 23 May 2020. June – Parliament revives the Licensing of the Press Act 1662, limiting London printers.Licensing acts. Retrieved 23 May 2020. unknown date – The Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's works is published in London. New books Prose Scipion Abeille – Histoire des Os ("Description of the Bones") Aphra Behn – Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister Ihara Saikaku – Five Women Who Loved Love John Spencer – De Legibus Hebraeorum, Ritualibus et earum Rationibus libri tres Drama Jean Galbert de Campistron – Andronic John Crowne – Sir Courtly Nice Thomas d'Urfey The Banditti, or A Lady's DistressThomas D'Urfey http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/authorrecord.php?recordid=32897 English Poetry 1579-1830: Spenser and the Tradition 2014-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20140531125401/http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/authorrecord.php?recordid=32897 2014-05-31 dead A Commonwealth of Women (adapted from The Sea Voyage) Nahum Tate The Cuckold's Haven (adaptation of Eastward Ho) A Duke and No Duke (adaptation of Sir Aston Cockayne's Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince) Births January 9 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch critic (died 1766) March 12 – George Berkeley Irish philosopher and bishop (died 1753) June 30 – John Gay, English poet and dramatist (died 1732)John Gay – British Library https://www.bl.uk/people/john-gay www.bl.uk 1 January 2023 1 January 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230101204012/https://www.bl.uk/people/john-gay dead Deaths March 18 – Francis Harold, Irish Franciscan historian (year of birth not known) c. April 14 – Thomas Otway, English dramatist (born 1652) April 29 – Luc d'Achery, French author of critical editions of medieval manuscripts (born 1609) June 16 – Anne Killigrew, English poet and painter (born 1660) June 17 – Andrew Allam, English historian (born 1655) July 1 – Nalan Xingde, Chinese ci poet (born 1655) September 25 – Jean Cabassut, French theologian (born 1604)John McClintock Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=6ac8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 1874 Harper 6 October 23 – Yamaga Sokō (山鹿 素行), Japanese philosopher (born 1622) unknown date – Placido Puccinelli, Italian historian (born 1609)Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects https://books.google.com/books?id=xG5unOFr6z8C&pg=PA776-IA7 1824 776 References 30em