1680 in literature

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

[edit] Events

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[edit] New books

• John Bunyan - The Life and Death of Mr. Badman

[edit] New drama

• Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Hado y Divisa de Leonido y Marfisa
• Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle - Aspar
• Thomas Otway
  • The Orphan
  • The Soldiers' Fortune
• Jacques Pradon - Statira

[edit] Non-fiction

• Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz - Neptuno alegórico

[edit] Births

• January 23 - Joseph Ames, English author (died 1759)
• September 22 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, poet (died 1747)

[edit] Deaths

• March 17 - François de La Rochefoucauld (born 1613)
• June 18 - Samuel Butler, satirical poet (born 1612)
• July 26 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (born 1647)