1679 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• John Locke returns to England from France.
• Étienne Baluze becomes almoner to King Louis XIV of France.
• Thomas Otway returns from military service in the Netherlands.

[edit] New books

• Charles Blount - Anima Mundi

[edit] New drama

• Aphra Behn
  • The Feigned Courtesans
  • The Young King
• John Dryden - Oedipus
• Jacques Pradon - La Troade

[edit] Births

• January 24 - Christian Wolff (philosopher) (died 1745)

[edit] Deaths

• October 26 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery (born 1621)
• December 4 - Thomas Hobbes, philosopher (born 1588)