1639 in literature
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See also: 1638 in literature, other events of 1639, 1640 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Blaise Pascal's family move to Rouen.
- François de La Mothe-Le-Vayer is elected to the Académie Française.
- Simon Dach becomes professor of poetry at the University of Królewiec.
- Archbishop William Laud donates the manuscript of the Peterborough Chronicle to the Bodleian Library.
[edit] New books
- Rajmund Đamanjić - Nauk za dobro pisati latinskijem slovima riječi jezika slovinskoga (Croatian grammar)
- Jan Marek Marci - De proportione motus seu regula sphygmica
- Friedrich Spanheim - Commentaire historique de la vie et de la mort de . . Christofle Vicomte de Dohna
[edit] New drama
- Lodowick Carlell - Arviragus and Philicia, parts 1 and 2
- George Chapman - The Tragedy of Chabot (posthumously published)
- Aston Cockayne – A Masque at Bretbie
- William Davenant – The Spanish Lovers
- Robert Davenport - A New Tricke to Cheat the Divell
- John Fletcher -Monsieur Thomas (posthumously published)
- Henry Glapthorne - Argalus and Parthenia
- Jasper Mayne - The City Match
[edit] Births
- February 6 - Daniel Georg Morhof, critic (died 1691)
- December 22 - Jean Racine, dramatist (died 1699)
- date unknown - Thomas Ellwood, religious writer (died 1713)
- date unknown - César Vichard de Saint-Réal, novelist (died 1692)
- probable - Charles Sedley, dramatist (died 1701)
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Francisco Maldonado de Silva, poet (burned at stake)
- May 21 - Tommaso Campanella, poet and theologian (born 1568)
- August 4 - Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, dramatist (born c.1581)
- August 20 - Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, poet (born 1597)
- November 26 - John Spottiswoode, historian (born 1565)
- date unknown - Shackerley Marmion, dramatist (born 1603)
