1631 in literature
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See also: 1630 in literature, other events of 1631, 1632 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- The young Blaise Pascal moves with his family to Paris.
- Thomas Hobbes is employed as a tutor by the Cavendish family.
- Roger Williams arrives in Boston, Mass.
- The Master of the Revels refuses to license Philip Massinger's new play, Believe as You List, because of its seditious content.
[edit] New books
- Johann Philipp Abelin - Arma Suecica, volume 1
- Moses Amyraut - Traité des religions
- Collected works of Jacobus Arminius published posthumously in Frankfurt.
[edit] New drama
- Thomas Heywood - The Fair Maid of the West
- Jean Mairet - La Silvanire, ou la Morte-vive
- Jean Rotrou - L'Hypocondriaque
[edit] Births
- January 1 - Katharine Philips, poet, "Orinda" (died 1664)
- March 6 - René Le Bossu, critic (died 1680)
- August 9 - John Dryden, poet and dramatist (died 1700)
- date unknown - Richard Cumberland, philosopher (died 1718)
- date unknown - John Phillips, satirist and nephew of John Milton (died 1706)
- date unknown - Michael Wigglesworth, poet (died 1705)
[edit] Deaths
- March 31 - John Donne, poet (born 1572)
- May - Samuel Harsnett, religious writer (born 1561)
- May 6 - Robert Bruce Cotton, founder of the Cotton Library (born 1570)
- July - Enrico Caterino Davila, historian (born 1576)
- July 28 - Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, dramatist (born 1569)
- September 22 - Cardinal Federico Borromeo, archbishop of Milan, founder of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana (born 1564)
- December 23 - Michael Drayton, poet (born 1563)
