1683 in literature
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See also: 1682 in literature, other events of 1683, 1684 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- John Locke flees to the Netherlands, under suspicion of involvement in the Rye House Plot.
- The Protestant University of Saumur is repressed by King Louis XIV of France.
- Lancelot Addison becomes Dean of Lichfield.
- Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, is widowed.
- Marriage of André Dacier and Anne Lefèvre.
[edit] New books
- John Dryden - Plutarch (one of the first biographies in the English language)
- Dr Thomas Sydenham - Tractatus de podagra et hydrope
[edit] New drama
- Sor Juana - Los empeños de una casa (The Trials of a Noble House)
- Thomas Otway - The Atheist
[edit] Poetry
- Robert Gould - Love Given O'er: Or a Satyr on the Inconstancy of Woman
[edit] Births
- April 3 - Mark Catesby, naturalist and writer (died 1749)
- December 27 - Conyers Middleton, theologian (died 1750)
[edit] Deaths
- January 15 - Philip Warwick, politician and writer (born 1609)
- August 24 - John Owen, theologian (born 1616)
- December 15 - Izaak Walton, the Compleat Angler (born 1593)
