- 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 ofGeorge 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 fromMolière )
*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 (died1729 )
*November 30 -John Toland , controversial author (died1722 )
* December -Jean-Baptiste Dubos , historian (died1742 )
*"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 (born1592 )
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