1675 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• November 11 - Gottfried Leibniz's notebooks record a breakthrough in his work on calculus.

[edit] New books

• Joshua Barnes - Gerania; a New Discovery of a Little Sort of People, anciently discoursed of, called Pygmies

[edit] New drama

• John Dryden - Aureng-zebe
• Nathaniel Lee - Nero, Emperor of Rome
• Thomas Otway - Alcibiades
• William Wycherley - The Country Wife

[edit] Births

• September 2 - William Somervile, poet (died 1742)
• October 11 - Samuel Clarke, philosopher (died 1729)

[edit] Deaths

• September 23 - Valentin Conrart, co-founder of the French Academie (born 1603)
• December 6 - John Lightfoot, theologian (born 1602)