1685 in literature
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See also: 1684 in literature, other events of 1685, 1686 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Antoine Furetière is expelled from the French Academy.
[edit] New books
- Histoire des Os (Description of the Bones) by Scipion Abeille
[edit] Births
- January 9 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch critic (died 1766)
- March 12 - George Berkeley (died 1753)
- June 30 - John Gay, poet and dramatist (died 1732)
[edit] Deaths
- April - Thomas Otway, dramatist (born 1652)
- April 29 - Luc d'Achéry, collector of medieval manuscripts (born 1609)
- June 17 - Andrew Allam, historian (born 1655)
- date unknown - Anne Killigrew, poet (born 1660)
