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*[[Hans von Grimmelshausen]] - ''Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch'' (first major [[novel]] in the [[German language]]) |
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*''[[Letters of a Portuguese Nun]] (Les Lettres portugaises)'' |
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*John Wagstaffe - ''The Question of Witchcraft Debated'' |
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The year 1669 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
- Samuel Pepys is obliged to give up keeping his diary in May.
New books
- Hans von Grimmelshausen - Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch (first major novel in the German language)
- Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Les Lettres portugaises)
- John Wagstaffe - The Question of Witchcraft Debated
New drama
- John Dryden - Tyrannic Love
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery - Guzman
- Jean Racine - Britannicus
Non-fiction
- Jan Swammerdam - Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens
Births
- Jiang Tingxi, encyclopaedist (died 1732)
- Thomas Woolston, deist writer (died 1731)
Deaths
- March 19 - John Denham, poet (born 1615)
- September 30 - Henry King, poet (born 1592)
- December 16 - Nathaniel Fiennes (born c.1608)