1686 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• John Dryden converts to Roman Catholicism.

[edit] New books

• Thomas Sydenham - Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu

[edit] New drama

• Aphra Behn & John Blow - The Lucky Chance

[edit] Poetry

• Anne Killigrew - Poems (posthumously published)

[edit] Births

• January 17 - Archibald Bower (died 1766)
• August 12 - John Balguy (died 1748)

[edit] Deaths

• June 23 - Sir William Coventry, statesman and author (born c.1628)
• August 13 - Louis Maimbourg, historian (born 1610)
• date unknown - John Playford, publisher (born 1623)