1680 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1680.
Events
[edit]- February – Thomas Otway's blank verse tragedy The Orphan, or The Unhappy Marriage is premiered in London.[1]
- The spring/summer production of Nathaniel Lee's Theodosius at Dorset Garden features Henry Purcell's earliest theatre music.
- August 8 – The Comédie-Française is founded by decree of King Louis XIV to merge the two Parisian acting troupes of the time, those of the Guénégaud Theatre and the Hôtel de Bourgogne.
- unknown dates
- The poem-book Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill.
- Innerpeffray Library, the oldest known (and surviving) public (lending) library in Scotland, is established.[2]
New books
[edit]Prose
[edit]- John Bunyan – The Life and Death of Mr. Badman
- Gilbert Burnet – Some Passages of the Life and Death of...John Earl of Rochester
- Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz – Neptuno alegórico
- Pedro Cubero – Peregrinación del mundo
- Pu Songling – Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (in manuscript only)
- Sir Robert Filmer – Patriarcha published (written 1642)
Drama
[edit]- Aphra Behn – The Revenge
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca – Hado y Divisa de Leonido y Marfisa
- John Crowne – The Misery of Civil War, adapted from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2 and Part 3
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle – Aspar
- Nathaniel Lee
- Lewis Maidwell – The Loving Enemies
- Thomas Otway
- Jacques Pradon – Statira
- Elkanah Settle
- Nahum Tate – The Loyal General
- William Whitaker – The Conspiracy
Births
[edit]- January 23 – Joseph Ames, English author (died 1759)
- September 22 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (died 1747)
- Unknown dates
- Nicola Coleti, Italian historian and priest (died 1765)
- Lady Elizabeth Germain, English philanthropist and correspondent (died 1769)
- Probable year of birth
- Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopedist (died 1740)
- Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna, Irish poet in Gaelic (died 1756)
- Nezim Frakulla, Albanian poet (died 1760)
Deaths
[edit]- January 20 – Ann, Lady Fanshawe, English memoirist (born 1625)[3]
- March 14 – René Le Bossu, French critic (born 1631)
- March 17 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French dramatist and writer of maxims (born 1613)
- March 27 – William Maurice, Welsh antiquary (born c.1620)
- June 18 – Samuel Butler, English satirical poet (born 1612)
- July 3 – John Martyn, English publisher and bookseller
- July 26 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (born 1647)
- November – Carr Scrope, English poet (born 1649)
- December 4 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish scientist and theologian (born 1616)
- unknown date – François de Grenaille, French dramatist and translator (born 1616)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The London Stage: 1660-1700, by E. L. Avery and A. H. Scouten. Southern Illinois University Press. 1968. p. 281.
- ^ "Innerpeffray Library gifted £650k of rare books". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Lady Anne Murray Halkett; Lady Anne Harrison Fanshawe (1979). The Memoirs of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe. Clarendon Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-19-812087-2.
- ^ Reinhard Fatke; Hans Merkens (18 October 2007). Bildung über die Lebenszeit (in German). Springer-Verlag. p. 138. ISBN 978-3-531-90208-1.