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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of
1695
.
Events
April – The
Parliament of England
decides not to renew the
Licensing Order of 1643
, thus effectively abolishing most press
censorship
.
[1]
unknown dates
After twelve years of
de facto
theatrical
monopoly
in
London
, the senior actors of the mismanaged United Company break away to form a rival
cooperative
company led by
Thomas Betterton
,
Elizabeth Barry
and
Anne Bracegirdle
. This makes a brilliant start with the première on April 30 of
William Congreve
's comedy
Love for Love
, at the
New Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields
.
[2]
Antoine Le Maistre
and his brother
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
complete their translation of the Catholic
Bible
into French (the
Bible de Port-Royal
).
[3]
Wren Library, Cambridge
, the library of
Trinity College
, designed by
Christopher Wren
, is completed.
[4]
New books
Prose
Mary Astell
(anonymous) –
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest
Charles Blount
–
Miscellaneous Works
(ed.
Charles Gildon
)
Gilbert Burnet
–
An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen
(see
1694 in literature
, as many memorials were written to
Mary II of England
)
Jeremy Collier
–
Miscellanies upon Moral Subjects: The second part
John Dennis
–
The Court of Death
John Dryden
–
De Arte Graphica
(trans. of
Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
)
Laurence Echard
–
The Roman History
(vol. I)
"N. H." –
The Ladies Dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English
(published by
John Dunton
)
Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger
–
The Delightful Adventures and Wonderful Life of Mirandor (
Den vermakelijken Avanturier
)
William Laud
–
The History of the Troubles and Tryal of William Laud
John Locke
Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money
The Reasonableness of Christianity as Delivered in the Scriptures
A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity
(reply to John Edwards)
John Norris
–
Letters Concerning the Love of God
(letters to
Mary Astell
)
Sir
William Petty
–
Quantulumcunque Concerning Money
(published posthumously)
John Phillips
–
A Reflection on Our Modern Poetry
Sujan Rai –
Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh
Robert South
–
Tritheism
(vs.
William Sherlock
)
Sir William Temple
–
An Introduction to the History of England
Lionel Wafer
–
A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America
Ned Ward
–
Female Policy Detected; or, The Arts of a Designing Woman Laid Open
Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou (compiled and edited) –
Guwen Guanzhi
, anthology of more than 200 works from Warring States period to Ming dynasty
Children
Charles Perrault
–
Histoires ou contes du temps passé
. Les Contes de ma Mère l’Oye
(Tales and stories of the past with morals.
Tales of Mother Goose
)
Drama
John Banks
–
Cyrus the Great
Catherine Trotter Cockburn
–
Agnes de Castro
William Congreve
–
Love for Love
Robert Gould
–
The Rival Sisters
George Granville
–
The She-Gallants
Charles Hopkins
–
Pyrrhus King of Epirus
Peter Anthony Motteux
–
The Loves of Mars and Venus
George Powell
–
Bonduca, or the British Heroine
Elkanah Settle
–
Philaster; or, Love Lies A-Bleeding
(adapted from
Fletcher
's
Philaster
)
Thomas Scott –
The Mock Marriage
Thomas Southerne
–
Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave: a tragedy
(adapted from
Aphra Behn
's novel
Oroonoko
)
Ariadne
–
She Ventures and He Wins
Poetry
Joseph Addison
–
A Poem to His Majesty
Richard Blackmore
–
Prince Arthur
Colley Cibber
–
A Poem on the Death of our Late Sovereign Lady, Queen Mary
William Congreve
–
The Mourning Muse of Alexas: A pastoral
(on Mary II)
John Milton
–
The Poetical Works of Mr John Milton
(ed. Patrick Hume)
Matthew Prior
–
An English Ballad: In answer to Mr Despreaux's Pindarique ode on the taking of Namure
Richard Steele
–
The Procession: A poem on Her Majesties funeral
See also
1695 in poetry
Births
April 8
–
Johann Christian Günther
, German poet (died
1723
)
September 20
–
Hedvig Catharina Lillie
, Swedish salonnière (died
1745
)
[5]
Deaths
February 7
–
Dorothy Osborne
(Lady Temple), English letter writer (born
1627
)
April 13
–
Jean de la Fontaine
, French poet and fabulist (born
1621
)
April 17
–
Juana Inés de la Cruz
, Mexican poet (born
1651
; plague)
April 23
–
Henry Vaughan
, Welsh metaphysical poet (born
1622
)
June 11
–
André Félibien
, French court historian (born
1619
)
August 12
–
Huang Zongxi
, Chinese political theorist (born
1610
)
October –
Sir William Killigrew
, English playwright and courtier (born
1606
)
November 28
–
Anthony Wood
, English antiquary (born
1632
)
References
^
Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp. 198–200.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2
.
^
Hochman, Stanley.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
. Vol. 4. p. 542.
^
Bettye Thomas Chambers (1983).
Bibliography of French Bibles
. Librairie Droz. p. 414.
ISBN
978-2-600-00016-1
.
^
Philip Gaskell (31 October 2010).
Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years: The Sandars Lectures 1978-9
. Cambridge University Press. p. 3.
ISBN
978-1-108-01593-6
.
^
"Hedvig Catharina Lillie"
.
Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
8 July
2020
.
Categories
:
1695 books
Years of the 17th century in literature
Hidden categories:
CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
Use British English from July 2020
Articles containing Dutch-language text
Articles containing French-language text
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of the events of 1695 in literature
Overview of the events of 1695 in literature
List of years in literature
(
table
)
…
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
…
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of
1695
.
Events
April – The
Parliament of England
decides not to renew the
Licensing Order of 1643
, thus effectively abolishing most press
censorship
.
[1]
unknown dates
After twelve years of
de facto
theatrical
monopoly
in
London
, the senior actors of the mismanaged United Company break away to form a rival
cooperative
company led by
Thomas Betterton
,
Elizabeth Barry
and
Anne Bracegirdle
. This makes a brilliant start with the première on April 30 of
William Congreve
's comedy
Love for Love
, at the
New Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields
.
[2]
Antoine Le Maistre
and his brother
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
complete their translation of the Catholic
Bible
into French (the
Bible de Port-Royal
).
[3]
Wren Library, Cambridge
, the library of
Trinity College
, designed by
Christopher Wren
, is completed.
[4]
New books
Prose
Mary Astell
(anonymous) –
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest
Charles Blount
–
Miscellaneous Works
(ed.
Charles Gildon
)
Gilbert Burnet
–
An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen
(see
1694 in literature
, as many memorials were written to
Mary II of England
)
Jeremy Collier
–
Miscellanies upon Moral Subjects: The second part
John Dennis
–
The Court of Death
John Dryden
–
De Arte Graphica
(trans. of
Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
)
Laurence Echard
–
The Roman History
(vol. I)
"N. H." –
The Ladies Dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English
(published by
John Dunton
)
Nicolaas Heinsius the Younger
–
The Delightful Adventures and Wonderful Life of Mirandor (
Den vermakelijken Avanturier
)
William Laud
–
The History of the Troubles and Tryal of William Laud
John Locke
Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money
The Reasonableness of Christianity as Delivered in the Scriptures
A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity
(reply to John Edwards)
John Norris
–
Letters Concerning the Love of God
(letters to
Mary Astell
)
Sir
William Petty
–
Quantulumcunque Concerning Money
(published posthumously)
John Phillips
–
A Reflection on Our Modern Poetry
Sujan Rai –
Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh
Robert South
–
Tritheism
(vs.
William Sherlock
)
Sir William Temple
–
An Introduction to the History of England
Lionel Wafer
–
A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America
Ned Ward
–
Female Policy Detected; or, The Arts of a Designing Woman Laid Open
Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou (compiled and edited) –
Guwen Guanzhi
, anthology of more than 200 works from Warring States period to Ming dynasty
Children
Charles Perrault
–
Histoires ou contes du temps passé
. Les Contes de ma Mère l’Oye
(Tales and stories of the past with morals.
Tales of Mother Goose
)
Drama
John Banks
–
Cyrus the Great
Catherine Trotter Cockburn
–
Agnes de Castro
William Congreve
–
Love for Love
Robert Gould
–
The Rival Sisters
George Granville
–
The She-Gallants
Charles Hopkins
–
Pyrrhus King of Epirus
Peter Anthony Motteux
–
The Loves of Mars and Venus
George Powell
–
Bonduca, or the British Heroine
Elkanah Settle
–
Philaster; or, Love Lies A-Bleeding
(adapted from
Fletcher
's
Philaster
)
Thomas Scott –
The Mock Marriage
Thomas Southerne
–
Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave: a tragedy
(adapted from
Aphra Behn
's novel
Oroonoko
)
Ariadne
–
She Ventures and He Wins
Poetry
Joseph Addison
–
A Poem to His Majesty
Richard Blackmore
–
Prince Arthur
Colley Cibber
–
A Poem on the Death of our Late Sovereign Lady, Queen Mary
William Congreve
–
The Mourning Muse of Alexas: A pastoral
(on Mary II)
John Milton
–
The Poetical Works of Mr John Milton
(ed. Patrick Hume)
Matthew Prior
–
An English Ballad: In answer to Mr Despreaux's Pindarique ode on the taking of Namure
Richard Steele
–
The Procession: A poem on Her Majesties funeral
See also
1695 in poetry
Births
April 8
–
Johann Christian Günther
, German poet (died
1723
)
September 20
–
Hedvig Catharina Lillie
, Swedish salonnière (died
1745
)
[5]
Deaths
February 7
–
Dorothy Osborne
(Lady Temple), English letter writer (born
1627
)
April 13
–
Jean de la Fontaine
, French poet and fabulist (born
1621
)
April 17
–
Juana Inés de la Cruz
, Mexican poet (born
1651
; plague)
April 23
–
Henry Vaughan
, Welsh metaphysical poet (born
1622
)
June 11
–
André Félibien
, French court historian (born
1619
)
August 12
–
Huang Zongxi
, Chinese political theorist (born
1610
)
October –
Sir William Killigrew
, English playwright and courtier (born
1606
)
November 28
–
Anthony Wood
, English antiquary (born
1632
)
References
^
Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp. 198–200.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2
.
^
Hochman, Stanley.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
. Vol. 4. p. 542.
^
Bettye Thomas Chambers (1983).
Bibliography of French Bibles
. Librairie Droz. p. 414.
ISBN
978-2-600-00016-1
.
^
Philip Gaskell (31 October 2010).
Trinity College Library. The First 150 Years: The Sandars Lectures 1978-9
. Cambridge University Press. p. 3.
ISBN
978-1-108-01593-6
.
^
"Hedvig Catharina Lillie"
.
Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
(in Swedish)
. Retrieved
8 July
2020
.
Categories
:
1695 books
Years of the 17th century in literature
Hidden categories:
CS1 Swedish-language sources (sv)
Articles with short description
Short description is different from Wikidata
Use British English from July 2020
Articles containing Dutch-language text
Articles containing French-language text
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