1671 in literature
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| ... 1661 . 1662 . 1663 . 1664 . 1665 . 1666 . 1667 ... 1668 1669 1670 -1671- 1672 1673 1674 ... 1675 . 1676 . 1677 . 1678 . 1679 . 1680 . 1681 ... |
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The year 1671 in literature involved some significant events.
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Events
- Nell Gwyn retires from the stage.
- On November 9, the Duke's Company open their new venue, the Dorset Garden Theatre.
New books
- Edward Bagshaw (attr.) - The Life and Death of Mr Vavasor Powell
- Johann Ferdinand Hertodt - Crocologia
- James Janeway - A Token for Children, Part 1
- John Josselyn - New England's Rarities, discovered in Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, and Plants of that Country (London)
- Gottfried Leibniz - Hypothesis Physica Nova (`New Physical Hypothesis')
- Arnoldus Montanus - De nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America (The Unknown New World or Description of the Continent America)
- Isaac Newton - Method of Fluxions
- Marie-Catherine de Villedieu - Les Amours des Grands Hommes
New drama
- Aphra Behn - The Amorous Prince (adapted from Robert Davenport's The City Nightcap)
- Pierre Corneille - Tite et Bérénice
- John Crowne - Juliana, or the Princess of Poland
- John Dryden - The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery
- Edward Howard - The Six Days' Adventure, or the New Utopia
- Edward Ravenscroft - Mamamouchi
- Elkanah Settle - Cambyses
- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham & others - The Rehearsal
- William Wycherley - Love in a Wood
Poetry
Births
- April 6 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, poet (died 1741)
- June 11 - Colley Cibber (died 1757)
- September 7 - Antoine Danchet, dramatist and poet (died 1748)
- date unknown - Gustaf Adlerfelt, historian (died 1709)
Deaths
- January 1 - Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, historian (born 1606)
- January 22 - Odorico Raynaldi, historian (born 1595)
- February 22 - Adam Olearius, librarian and scholar (born 1603)
- July 14 - Méric Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1599)
- September 28 - Jean de Montigny, philosopher and poet (born 1636)
- December 28 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, critic (born 1611)
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