1687 in literature

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See also: 1686 in literature, other events of 1687, 1688 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] New books

• Le Siècle de Louis le Grand (The Century of Louis the Great) - Charles Perrault

[edit] New drama

• Aphra Behn - The Emperor of the Moon
• Sir Charles Sedley - Bellamira, or The Mistress

[edit] Poetry

• John Dryden - The Hind and the Panther
• Matthew Prior - The Hind and the Panther Transversed to the Story of the Country and the City Mouse

[edit] Non-fiction

• Isaac Newton - Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)
• George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Letter to a Dissenter

[edit] Births

• March 7 - Jean Lebeuf, historian (died 1760)
• June 24 - Johann Albrecht Bengel, theologian (died 1752)
• August 26 - Henry Carey, poet and dramatist (died 1743)
• November 7 - William Stukeley, antiquary (died 1765)

[edit] Deaths

• March 28 - Constantijn Huygens, poet (born 1596)
• December 16 - William Petty, philosopher (born 1623)