1694 in literature
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The year 1694 in literature involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- Jonathan Swift is ordained a clergyman.
- Mary II of England dies, and her death prompts numerous elegies.
[edit] New books
- Edmund Arwaker - An Epistle to Monsieur Boileau
- Mary Astell - A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
- Thomas Pope Blount - De Re Poetica; or, Remarks upon Poetry
- Gilbert Burnet - Four Discourses
- Jeremy Collier - Miscellanies
- John Dryden and Jacob Tonson - The Annual Miscellany: for the Year 1694
- George Fox - The Journal of George Fox, edited by Thomas Ellwood
- Charles Gildon - Chorus Poetarum; or, Poems on Several Occasions (incl. Aphra Behn, John Denham, George Etheridge, Andrew Marvell, inter al.)
- William Killigrew - Mid-night and Daily Thoughts
- William King - Account of Denmark
- Jane Lead - The Enochian Walks with God
- Jan Luyken - Het Menselyk Bedryf ("The Book of Trades")
- John Milton - Letters of State (trans. Edward Phillips)
- John Strype - Memorials of Thomas Cranmer
- Matthew Tindal - An Essay Concerning the Laws of Nature and the Rights of Soveraigns
- William Wotton - Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (answering Sir William Temple)
- James Wright - Country Covnersations
[edit] New drama
- John Banks - The Innocent Usurper; or, The Death of the Lady Jane Grey
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery - Herod the Great published
- William Congreve - The Double-Dealer
- John Crowne - The Married Beau; or, The Curious Impertinent
- John Dryden - Love Triumphant; or, Nature Will Prevail
- Thomas D'Urfey - The Comical History of Don Quixote (some songs by Henry Purcell)
- Laurence Echard, translator:
- Elkanah Settle - The Ambitious Slave; or A Generous Revenge
- Thomas Southerne - The Fatal Marriage; or The Innocent Adultery (adapted from Aphra Behn's The Nun)
- Joseph Williams - Have at All, or the Midnight Adventures
[edit] Poetry
- See 1694 in poetry
[edit] Births
- August 8 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (died 1746)
- October 9 - Marquard Herrgott, German Benedictine historian (died 1762)
- November 1 - Voltaire, French philosopher and writer (died 1778)
- December 22 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher (died 1768)
- unknown date
- Mademoiselle Aïssé, letter-writer
- Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (died 1773)
[edit] Deaths
- August 6 - Antoine Arnauld, theologian and philosopher (born 1612)
- October 13 - Samuel von Pufendorf, German philosopher and historian (born 1632)
- November 8 - Ulrik Huber, political philosopher (born 1636)
- November 28 - Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (born 1644)
- date unknown
- Henry Neville, English satirist (born 1620)
- Elizabeth van der Woude, Dutch traveller and author (born 1657)
