1627 in literature

The year 1627 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

• René Descartes is present at the Siege of La Rochelle.

New books

• Jean-Pierre Camus - Hyacinthe
• George Hakewill - An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God
• Marin Mersenne - Traité de l'harmonie universelle

New drama

• William Davenant - The Cruel Brother
• William Hawkins - Apollo Shroving
• Philip Massinger - The Great Duke of Florence
• Thomas Vincent - Paria (in Latin)

Poetry

• Michael Drayton - miscellaneous poems, including The Battle of Agincourt, First Steps up Parnassus, and Nymphidia
• Phineas Fletcher - Locustae, vel Pietas Jesuitica (in Latin and English)

Births

• September 27 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, theologian (died 1704)
• November 29 - John Ray, naturalist (died 1705)
• date unknown
  • John Flavel, theologian (died 1691)
  • Joseph Moxon, lexicographer (died 1691)
  • Dorothy Osborne, literary correspondent (died 1695)

Deaths

• April 19 - John Beaumont, poet (born 1583)
• June 22 - Lawrence Beyerlinck, theologian and encyclopaedist (born 1578)
• June 27 - John Hayward, historian (born c.1560)
• September 20 - Jan Gruter, critic (born 1560)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Middleton, poet and dramatist (born 1580)
  • Richard Barnfield, poet (born 1574)