1650 in literature

1650 in literature

The year 1650 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

* Blaise Pascal's poor health forces him to retire from the study of mathematics.
* Parliament appoints a commission for the propagation and preaching of the gospel in Wales, advised by Vavasor Powell.
*Despite the official prohibition against stage plays, theatrical manager and promoter William Beeston finances repairs to the Cockpit Theatre and attempts to assemble and train a company of young actors. His effort is unsuccessful.
*Plagiarist Robert Baron publishes his "Pocula Castalia", stealing mainly from the minor poems of John Milton issued in 1645.

New books

*Richard Flecknoe - "The Idea of His Highness Oliver ..."
*George Walker - "Anglo-Tyrannus"

New drama

*François le Métel de Boisrobert - "La Jalouse d'elle-même"
*Abraham Cowley - "The Guardian"

Poetry

*Anne Bradstreet - "The Tenth Muse"
*Henry Vaughan - "Silex scintillans" (part 1)

Births

* July - Charles Leslie, theologian (died 1722)
* September 23 - Bishop Jeremy Collier, theologian and theatre critic (died 1726)
*"date unknown"
**Madame d'Aulnoy, writer of fairy tales (died 1705)
**Carlo Alessandro Guidi, Italian lyric poet (died 1712)
**Henry Scougal, Scottish theologian (died 1678)
* "probable" - Richard Blackmore, epic poet (died 1729)

Deaths

* February 11 - René Descartes, philosopher (born 1596)
* April 22 - Stephanius, Danish royal historiographer (born 1599)
* June - Jean Rotrou, French poet and dramatist (born 1609)
* June 30 - Niccolo Cabeo, Jesuit philosopher (born 1586)
* August 25 - Richard Crashaw, poet (born c.1613)
* September 17 - Constantino Cajetan, Benedictine scholar and book collector (born 1560)
* October 25 - Franciscus Quaresmius, Milanese Franciscan writer (born 1583)
* November 13 - Thomas May, poet and historian (born 1595)
* December 28 - Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and grammarian (born 1575)
*"date unknown"
**Anthony Ascham, political theorist (born c. 1614)
**İbrahim Peçevi, Ottoman historian (born 1572)
**Tukaram, Hindu poet


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