1685 in literature

1685 in literature

The year 1685 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

* Antoine Furetière is expelled from the French Academy.
* in London, the year sees one of the major theatrical flops of the Restoration era: "Albion and Albanius" — an allegorical drama in praise of Charles II, with text by John Dryden and music by Louis Grabu — is in rehearsals when Charles dies in February. A revised version fails in June when it coincides with the Duke of Monmouth's invasion.
*In June, Parliament revives the Printing Act of 1662, limiting London printers.

New books

*Scipion Abeille - "Histoire des Os" ("Description of the Bones")
*Aphra Behn - "Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister"
*Ihara Saikaku - "Five Women Who Loved Love"

New drama

*Jean Galbert de Campistron - "Andronic"
*John Crowne - "Sir Courtly Nice"
*Thomas d'Urfey
**"The Banditti, or A Lady's Distress"
**"The Commonwealth of Women" (adapted from "The Sea Voyage")
*Nahum Tate
**"The Cuckold's Haven" (an adaptation of "Eastward Ho")
**"A Duke and No Duke" (an adaptation of Sir Aston Cockayne's "Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince")

Births

* January 9 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch critic (died 1766)
* March 12 - George Berkeley (died 1753)
* June 30 - John Gay, poet and dramatist (died 1732)

Deaths

*March 18 - Francis Harold, Franciscan historian
*April - Thomas Otway, dramatist (born 1652)
*April 29 - Luc d'Achery, Maurist librarian and author of text-critical editions of medieval manuscripts (born 1609)
*June 17 - Andrew Allam, historian (born 1655)
*October 23 - Yamaga Sokō, Japanese philosopher (born 1622)
*"date unknown"
**Jean Cabassut, French theologian (born 1604)
**Anne Killigrew, poet (born 1660)
**Placido Puccinelli, Cassinese historian (born 1609)
**Nalan Xingde, Chinese poet (born 1655)


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