1670 in literature

1670 in literature

The year 1670 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

* The philosophical arguments of John Locke inspire the formation of the Board of Trade in London (an unusually direct example of practical consequences of philosophical ideas).

New books

*Charles Cotton - "Voyage to Ireland in Burlesque"
*Fulke Greville - "The Remains of Sir Fulke Greville Lord Brooke"
*"Honcho Tsugan" (Japanese classic text)
*Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon - "The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England"
*Gilles Ménage - "Dictionnaire etymologique" (2nd edition)
*Blaise Pascal - "Pensées" (posthumously published)
*William Penn - "The Great Cause of Liberty of Conscience"
*John Ray - "English Proverbs"
*Thomas Tenison - "The Creed of Mr. Hobbes Examined"
*Izaak Walton - "Life of George Herbert"
*Leonard Willan - "The Exact Politician, or Complete Statesman"

New drama

*Aphra Behn - "The Forced Marriage"
*Thomas Betterton - "The Amorous Widow, or the Wanton Wife" (adapted from Molière)
*John Caryll - "Sir Salomon, or the Cautious Coxcomb"
*John Dryden - "The Conquest of Granada"
*Edward Howard - "The Women's Conquest"
*Molière - "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"
*Jean Racine - "Bérénice"
*Thomas Shadwell - "The Humorists"

Births

* January 24 - William Congreve, dramatist (died 1729)
* November 30 - John Toland, controversial author (died 1722)
* December - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, historian (died 1742)
*"date unknown"
**Laurence Echard, historian (died 1730)
**Bernard de Mandeville, satirist and philosopher (died 1733)

Deaths

*October 27 - Vavasor Powell, Nonconformist writer (born 1617)
*November 15 - Comenius, Czech teacher and author (born 1592)


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