- 1688 in literature
The year 1688 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
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John Locke has the first abstract of his seminalEssay concerning Human Understanding appear in Leclerc'sBibliotheque universelle
*Fourth (and illustrated) edition ofJohn Milton 's "Paradise Lost "
*First printing ofJohn Bunyan 's "Pilgrim's Progress "New books
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David Abercromby - "Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore"
*Etienne Baluze - "Marca hispanica"
*Aphra Behn :
** "The History of the Nun, or the Fair Vow-Breaker"
** "Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave"
*The "Bucharest Bible " - "Biblia de la Bucureşti", first complete translation of the Bible into Romanian
*Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle - "Digression sur les anciens et les modernes"
*Ihara Saikaku
**"The Eternal Storehouse of Japan"
**"Tales of Samurai Honor"
*Henry More - "Divine Dialogues"
*George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - "The Anatomy of an Equivalent"New drama
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John Crowne - "Darius, King of Persia"
*William Mountfort - "The Injur'd Lovers, or The Ambitious Father"
*Thomas Shadwell - "The Squire of Alsatia"Births
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January 29 -Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian. (died1772 )
*February -Hermanus Angelkot junior , pharmacist, poet and dramatist (died1727 )
*February 4 -Pierre de Marivaux , playwright (died1763 )
*April 2 (baptised) -Lewis Theobald , Shakespearean editor (died1744 )
*May 21 -Alexander Pope , poet (died1744 )
*November 13 -Noël-Antoine Pluche , priest and non-fiction writer (died1761 )
*December 24 -Johann Bachstrom , Lutheran theologian and writer (died1742 )
*"date unknown"
**Laurence Eusden , poet (died1730 )
**John Morgan, Anglo-Welsh poet (died1733 )
**Charles Rivington , English publisher (died1742 )
**Wen Peixin , novelist and poet (died1776 )
*"probable" -William Meston , poet (died1745 )Deaths
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March 15 -Peter Walsh , politician and historian (born1618 )
*May 14 -Antoine Furetière , satirist (born1619 )
*May 22 -Johannes Andreas Quenstedt , Lutheran theologian (born1617 )
*June 26 -Ralph Cudworth , English philosopher (born1617 )
*August 31 -John Bunyan , author of "Pilgrim's Progress " (born1628 )
*October 14 -Joachim von Sandrart , art historian (born1606 )
*November 16 -Bengt Gottfried Forselius , educational pioneer (born c.1660 )
*November 26 -Philippe Quinault , French dramatist (born1635 )
*"date unknown"
**François Bernier , doctor and travel writer (born1625 )
**Thomas Flatman , poet and painter (born1637 )
**Thomas Jevon , dramatist (born1652 )
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