1641 in literature
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See also: 1640 in literature, other events of 1641, 1642 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Pierre Corneille marries Marie de Lampérière.
- Sir William Davenant is convicted of high treason.
- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon becomes an advisor to King Charles I of England.
[edit] New books
- George Abbot - Vindiciae Sabbathi
- Moses Amyraut - De l'elevation de la foy et de l'abaissement de la raison en la creance des mysteres de la religion
- Richard Baker - Apologie for Laymen's Writing in Divinity, with a Short Meditation upon the Fall of Lucifer
- Joseph Hall - Episcopacy by Divine Right
- Thomas Heywood - The Life of Merlin surnamed Ambrosius
- Thomas Hobbes - De Cive
- Sir Francis Kynaston - Leoline and Sydanis
- John Milton - Of Reformation
- Sir Robert Naunton - Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on the late Queen Elizabeth, her Times and Favourites (posthumously published)
- John Taylor - John Taylors Last Voyage and Adventure
[edit] New drama
- Richard Brome - A Joviall Crew
- James Shirley - The Cardinall
[edit] Births
- April 15 - Sir Robert Sibbald, historian (died 1722)
- March - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, politician and writer (died 1711)
- May 10 - Sir Dudley North, economist (died 1691)
- May - Juan Núñez de la Peña, historian (died 1721)
- October - Henry Dodwell, theologian (died 1711)
- date unknown - Pierre Allix, Protestant author (died 1717)
- date unknown - Thomas Rymer, historian (died 1713)
- probable - William Sherlock, theologian (died 1707)
[edit] Deaths
- January 11
- Franciscus Gomarus, theologian (born 1563)
- Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, poet (born 1583)
- April 13 - Richard Montagu, theologian (born 1577)
- August 9 - Augustine Baker, religious writer (born 1575)
- August - Sir William Vaughan (writer), general author (born 1575)
- date unknown - Arthur Johnston, poet (born 1587)
- date unknown - Gerard de Malynes, merchant and author (born 1586)
