1670 in literature

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See also: 1669 in literature, other events of 1670, 1671 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Non-fiction 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] New books

• Honcho Tsugan (Japanese classic text)
• John Ray - English Proverbs

[edit] New drama

• Aphra Behn - The Forced Marriage
• John Dryden - The Conquest of Granada
• Molière - Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
• Jean Racine - Bérénice
• Thomas Shadwell - The Humorists

[edit] Non-fiction

• Charles Cotton - Voyage to Ireland in Burlesque
• Gilles Ménage - Dictionnaire etymologique (2nd edition)
• Blaise Pascal - Pensées (posthumously published)
• Izaak Walton - Life of George Herbert

[edit] Births

• January 24 - William Congreve, dramatist (died 1729)
• November 30 - John Toland, controversial author (died 1722)
• December - Jean-Baptiste Dubos, historian (died 1742)
• date unknown
  • Laurence Echard, historian (died 1730)
  • Bernard de Mandeville, satirist and philosopher (died 1733)

[edit] Deaths

• October 27 - Vavasor Powell, Nonconformist writer (born 1617)
• November 15 - Comenius, Czech teacher and author (born 1592)