1690 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• Colley Cibber becomes an actor with the Drury Lane company.

[edit] New books

• Amphitryon, or the Two Socias - John Dryden
• Don Sebastian - John Dryden
• Essay Concerning Human Understanding - John Locke
• Memoires of the Navy - Samuel Pepys
• A Discourse of Trade - Nicholas Barbon

[edit] New drama

• Thomas Southerne - Sir Anthony Love

[edit] Births

• February 3 - Richard Rawlinson, collector of manuscripts and curiosities (died 1755)

[edit] Deaths

• May 12 - John Rushworth, author of Historical Collections (born c.1612)
• October 3 - Robert Barclay, Quaker writer (born c.1648)
• date unknown - Franciscus Plante, poet (born 1613)