1669 in literature

none May 2012 1669 literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1669. Events May 31 – Samuel Pepys makes the last entry in his diary.Samuel Pepys English diarist and naval administrator https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Pepys Encyclopedia Britannica 22 August 2020 en unknown dates Frances Boothby's tragicomedy Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend is performed by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the first play by a woman to be produced in London. The final section of Parthenissa, the prose romance by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, is published. Earlier portions of the work have appeared in 1651 and 1654–1656. New books Prose Anonymous (Gabriel-Joseph de la Vergne?) – Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Les Lettres portugaises) Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen – Simplicius SimplicissimusGrimmelshausen H. J. Chr. Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus The adventurous Simplicissimus de https://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/show/grimmelshausen_simplicissimus_1669 Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen Nuremberg J. Fillion 1668 1669 22567416 (first major novel in the German language, dated this year but probably published in 1668) Blaise Pascal – Pensees (published posthumously) William Penn – No Cross, No Crown Jan Swammerdam – nl Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens John Wagstaffe – The Question of Witchcraft Debated Drama Anonymous – The Imperial Tragedy John Dryden – Tyrannic Love Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery Guzman Mr. Anthony Robert Howard and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham – The Country Gentleman (written, not staged) John Lacy – The Dumb Lady Jean Racine – BritannicusJoseph E. Garreau, "Jean Racine" in Hochman 1984, p. 194. Births December 16 – Joseph-Anne-Marie de Moyriac de Mailla, French missionary and translator in China (died 1748) unknown dates Nicholas Blundell, English diarist (died 1737) Lady Lucy Herbert, English devotional writer (died 1744) Jiang Tingxi (蒋廷锡), Chinese encyclopedist (died 1732) probable – Susanna Centlivre, English poet and actress (died 1723)J. Milling, "Centlivre, Susanna (bap. 1669?, d. 1723)", ODNB, Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2014, subscription required. Deaths February 3 – Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet and dramatist (born 1631) March 19 – John Denham, Irish poet (born 1615)William Riley Parker Milton: The life https://books.google.com/books?id=t6hGd9yD1EIC&pg=PA604 1996 Clarendon Press 978-0-19-812889-2 604 July 10 or 11 – Robert Stapylton, English dramatist and courtier (born c. 1607–1609)Notes and Queries https://books.google.com/books?id=VaVDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA468 1856 Oxford University Press 468 September 30 – Henry King, English poet and bishop (born 1592) October 8 – Jane Cavendish, English poet and playwright (born 1621) December 16 – Nathaniel Fiennes, English pamphleteer, soldier and politician (born c. 1608) December 24 – Henry Foulis, English theologian and controversialist (born 1638) References