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1671 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in
1671
.
Events
February âÂÂ
Nell Gwyn
retires from the stage and moves into a brick
townhouse
at
79 Pall Mall
, London.
November 9
â 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
.
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) âÂÂ
The Life and Death of Mr
Vavasor Powell
Edward Burrough
(died 1663) âÂÂ
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
âÂÂ
Les Amours des Grands Hommes
Johann Ferdinand Hertodt
âÂÂ
Crocologia
John Josselyn
âÂÂ
New England's Rarities, discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country
(London)
Gottfried Leibniz
âÂÂ
Hypothesis Physica Nova (`New Physical Hypothesis')
Pierre Martin de La Martinière
âÂÂ
Voyage des pays septentrionaux (A New Voyage to the North)
Arnoldus Montanus
âÂÂ
De nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America (The Unknown New World or Description of the Continent America)
Isaac Newton
âÂÂ
Method of Fluxions
Jane Sharp
âÂÂ
The Midwives Book: or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered
Children
James Janeway
âÂÂ
A Token for Children
(two parts)
Drama
Aphra Behn
âÂÂ
The Amorous Prince
(adapted from
Robert Davenport
's
The City Nightcap
)
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
âÂÂ
El santo rey don Fernando
John Caryll
âÂÂ
Sir Solomon Single
Pierre Corneille
âÂÂ
Tite et Bérénice
John Corye âÂÂ
The Generous Enemies
John Crowne
Charles VIII of France
Juliana
John Dryden
âÂÂ
The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery
Edward Howard
âÂÂ
The Six Days' Adventure
Elizabeth Polwheele
âÂÂ
The Frolicks
Samuel Pordage
âÂÂ
Herod and Mariamne
Edward Ravenscroft
âÂÂ
Mamamouchi
Edward Revet âÂÂ
The Town Shifts
Elkanah Settle
âÂÂ
Cambyses
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
& others âÂÂ
The Rehearsal
William Wycherley
âÂÂ
Love in a Wood
Poetry
John Milton
âÂÂ
Paradise Regained
and
Samson Agonistes
Births
April 6
âÂÂ
Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
, French dramatist and poet (died
1741
)
September 7
âÂÂ
Antoine Danchet
, French dramatist and poet (died
1748
)
November 6
âÂÂ
Colley Cibber
, English playwright and
Poet Laureate
(died
1757
)
Unknown date
âÂÂ
Gustaf Adlerfelt
, Swedish historian (died
1709
)
Unknown date, possibly 1672
âÂÂ
Sarah Dixon
, English poet (died
1765
)
Deaths
January 1
âÂÂ
Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont
, French historian and cleric (born
1606
)
January 22
âÂÂ
Odorico Raynaldi
, Italian historian (born
1595
)
February 22
âÂÂ
Adam Olearius
, German librarian and scholar (born
1603
)
July 14
âÂÂ
Méric Casaubon
, Swiss-born English classicist (born
1599
)
September 28
âÂÂ
Jean de Montigny
, French philosopher and poet (born
1636
)
December 28
âÂÂ
Johann Friedrich Gronovius
, German classicist (born
1611
)
References