1687 in literature
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The year 1687 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
- A Latin edition of the works of Confucius is published in Paris, the first translation of his works into any Western language. Confucian Sinarum Philosophus is the work of Jesuit scholars and Chinese converts to Christianity.
- The Académie française publishes the first sections of its Dictionnaire in Frankfurt.
New books
- Ihara Saikaku - Transmission of the Martial Arts
- Gerard Langbaine - Momus Triumphans, or the Plagiaries of the English Stage Exposed
- Isaac Newton - Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)
- Charles Perrault - Le Siècle de Louis le Grand (The Century of Louis the Great)
- George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Letter to a Dissenter
New drama
- Aphra Behn - The Emperor of the Moon
- Sir Charles Sedley - Bellamira, or The Mistress
- Nahum Tate:
- The History of King Lear (adapted from Shakespeare's Lear, but with a happy ending)
- The Island Princess (adapted from Fletcher's Island Princess)
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
Births
- March 7 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (died 1760)
- June 24 – Johann Albrecht Bengel, German classicist and theologian (died 1752)
- August 26 – Henry Carey, English poet and dramatist (died 1743)
- November 7 – William Stukeley, English antiquary (died 1765)
Deaths
- February 16 – Charles Cotton, English poet and translator (born 1630)
- March 28 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (born 1596)
- November 7 – Isaac Orobio de Castro, Portuguese Jewish philosopher and apologist (born c. 1617)
- December 16 – William Petty, English economist and philosopher (born 1623)
- Unknown dates
- George Dalgarno, Scottish linguist (born 1626)
- René Rapin, French Jesuit writer (born 1621)