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Overview of the events of 1688 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1688.
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January 29 –
Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian. (died
1772)
- February –
Hermanus Angelkot junior, Dutch pharmacist, poet and dramatist (died
1727)
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February 4 –
Pierre de Marivaux, French playwright (died
1763)
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February 7 –
John Morgan, Anglo-Welsh poet (died
1733)
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April 2 (baptised) –
Lewis Theobald, English Shakespearean editor (died
1744)
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May 21 –
Alexander Pope, English poet (died
1744)
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September 6 (baptised) –
Laurence Eusden, English poet laureate (died
1730)
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November 13 –
Noël-Antoine Pluche, French natural historian and priest (died
1761)
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November 15 (baptised) –
Charles Rivington, English publisher (died
1742)
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December 24 –
Johann Bachstrom, Polish theologian and writer (died
1742)
- Unknown date –
Richard Bradley, English scientific writer (died
1732)
- probable –
William Meston, Scottish poet (died
1745)
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March 15 –
Peter Walsh, Irish politician and historian (born
1618)
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May 14 –
Antoine Furetière, French satirist (born
1619)
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May 22 –
Johannes Andreas Quenstedt, German theologian (born
1617)
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June 26 –
Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (born
1617)
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August 31 –
John Bunyan, English writer and preacher (born
1628)
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September 22 –
François Bernier, French physician and travel writer (born
1625)
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October 14 –
Joachim von Sandrart, German/Dutch art historian (born
1606)
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November 16 –
Bengt Gottfried Forselius, Swedish Estonian educational pioneer (born c. 1660)
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November 26 –
Philippe Quinault, French dramatist (born
1635)
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December 8 –
Thomas Flatman, English poet and painter (born
1635)
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December 20 –
Thomas Jevon, English playwright and
harlequin (born
1652)