1673 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• Thomas Killigrew is appointed Master of the Revels.

[edit] New books

• England's appeal from the Private Cabal at Whitehall to the Great Council of the Nation by a true Lover of his Country - pamphlet attributed to Sir William Coventry
• Francis Kirkman - The Unlucky Citizen
• Johannes Schefferus - Lapponia
• Shugi Washo

[edit] New drama

• Aphra Behn - The Dutch Lover
• News from Plymouth, The Law Against Lovers and The Fair Favourite, plays by Sir William Davenant (published posthumously)
• Molière - Le malade imaginaire

[edit] Births

• October 26 - Dimitrie Cantemir, first author of a book in Romanian (died 1723)

[edit] Deaths

• February 17 - Molière (born 1622)
• date unknown - Margaret Cavendish (born 1623)