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1663
in
literature&o=10616
1663 in literature&o=10616
1663 in literature
The year
1663 in literature
involved some significant events.
Events
John Milton
marries Elizabeth Minshull.
John Dryden
and
John Aubrey
become Fellows of the
Royal Society
.
Katherine Philips
' translation of
Pierre Corneille
's
Pompée
is successfully produced at the Smock Alley Theatre in
Dublin
.
In February, the
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
(the Academy of the Humanities) is founded in Paris.
On April 8, the
King's Company
inaugurate their new theatre, the first
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
, with a revival production of
Fletcher's
The Humorous Lieutenant
. The play is a hit, and runs for 12 nights straight — very unusual in the repertory system of the time.
New books
New drama
Anonymous -
The Wandering Whores' Complaint for Want of Trading
(published)
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery
-
The General
Henry Cary
-
The Marriage Night
William Davenant
-
The Playhouse to Be Let
(performed)
The Siege of Rhodes
Part 2
(published)
John Dryden
-
The Wild Gallant
Andreas Gryphius
-
Absurda Comica, oder Herr Peter Squentz
James Howard
-
The English Monsieur
Sir
Robert Howard
-
The Committee
Thomas Porter
-
A Witty Combat, or the Female Victor
Richard Rhodes
-
Flora's Vagaries
Sir
Robert Stapylton
-
The Stepmother
-
The Slighted Maid
Sir
Samuel Tuke
-
The Adventures of Five Hours
(adapted from
Antonio Coello
's
Los empeños de seis horas
)
Poetry
Abraham Cowley
-
Verses Upon Several Occasions
Births
February 12
-
Cotton Mather
(died
1728
)
March 6
-
Francis Atterbury
, politician and writer (died
1732
)
March 22
-
August Hermann Francke
, German theologian (died
1727
)
May 20
-
William Bradford
, printer in the American colonies (died
1752
)
date unknown
William King
, poet (died
1712
)
George Stepney
, poet (died
1707
)
probable
-
Mary de la Rivière Manley
(died
1724
)
Deaths
December 5
-
Severo Bonini
, music writer (born
1582
)
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