1659 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• Andrew Marvell becomes a member of Parliament.

[edit] New books

• De Homine - Thomas Hobbes
• Discourse on the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship - Jeremy Taylor
• Lucasta - Richard Lovelace (posthumous)
• Pharonnida - William Chamberlayne
• Systema Saturnium - Christiaan Huygens

[edit] New drama

• Molière - Les précieuses ridicules

[edit] Births

• March 26 - William Wollaston, philosopher (died 1724)
• date unknown - Thomas Creech, translator (died 1700)
• date unknown - John Asgill, pamphleteer (died 1738)
• date unknown - Humphrey Hody, theologian (died 1707)

[edit] Deaths

• April 15 - Simon Dach, poet (born 1605)