1669 in literature

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See also: 1668 in literature, other events of 1669, 1670 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Samuel Pepys is obliged to give up keeping his diary.

New books

• Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens - Jan Swammerdam
• Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch - Hans von Grimmelshausen

New drama

• Tyrannic Love - John Dryden
• Britannicus - Jean Racine

Births

• Jiang Tingxi, encyclopaedist
• Thomas Woolston, deist writer

Deaths

• John Denham (poet)
• Henry King (poet)
• December 16 - Nathaniel Fiennes