1680 in literature

1680 in literature

The year 1680 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

* The spring/summer production of Nathaniel Lee's "Theodosius" at Dorset Garden features Henry Purcell's earliest theatre music.

New books

*John Bunyan - "The Life and Death of Mr. Badman"
*Gilbert Burnet - "Some Passages of the Life and Death of...John Earl of Rochester"
*Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz - "Neptuno alegórico"
*Sir Robert Filmer - "Patriarcha" published (written 1642)

New drama

*Pedro Calderón de la Barca - "Hado y Divisa de Leonido y Marfisa"
*John Crowne - "The Misery of Civil War", adapted from Shakespeare's "Henry VI, Part 2" and "Part 3"
*Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle - "Aspar"
* Nathaniel Lee - "Theodosius"
*Thomas Otway
**"The Orphan"
**"The Soldiers' Fortune"
*Jacques Pradon - "Statira"
*Elkanah Settle - "The Female Prelate: Being the History of the Life and Death of Pope Joan"
*Nahum Tate - "The Loyal General"

Births

* January 23 - Joseph Ames, English author (died 1759)
* September 22 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, poet (died 1747)

Deaths

* March 17 - François de La Rochefoucauld (born 1613)
* June 18 - Samuel Butler, satirical poet (born 1612)
* July 26 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (born 1647)


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