1671 in literature

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

[edit] Events

[edit] New books

• Hypothesis Physica Nova (`New Physical Hypothesis') - Gottfried Leibniz
• Samson Agonistes - John Milton
• De nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America (The Unknown New World or Description of the Continent America) – Arnoldus Montanus

[edit] New drama

• Pierre Corneille - Tite et Bérénice

[edit] Births

• April 6 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, poet (born 1741)
• June 11 - Colley Cibber (born 1757)

[edit] Deaths

• July 14 - Méric Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1599)
• December 28 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, critic (born 1611)