1645 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1645.
Events
- December â William Cavendish, later Duke of Newcastle, marries Margaret Lucas, whom he has met while himself in exile in France.[1]
- unknown dates
- With the London theatres closed by the Puritan regime during the English Civil War, closet drama grows in prominence. Henry Burkhead's Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery[2] is written in this genre and the sisters Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Egerton probably complete their The Concealed Fansyes while besieged.
New books
Prose
- Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
- John Milton
- Elizabeth Richardson, Baroness Cramond â A Lady's Legacy to her Daughters[4]
- Alexander Ross
- Medicus Medicatus
- The Philosophical Touchstone
- Francisco Manuel de Melo â Guerra de Cataluña
- Horacio Carochi â Arte de la lengua mexicana
- Daniello Bartoli â L'huomo di lettere
- Hermann Busenbaum â Medulla theologiae moralis
Drama
- Luis Quiñones de Benavente â Jocoseria. Burlas veras, o reprensión moral y festiva de los desórdenes públicos
- Molière â Le Médecin volant
- Paul Scarron â Jodelet
Poetry
- John Milton â Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, compos'd at several times (dated this year, published early 1646)
- Sheikh Muhammad â Yoga-samgrama
- Edmund Waller â Poems
Births
- August 14 â Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican priest, poet, geographer, and historian (died 1700)
- August 16 or 17 â Jean de La Bruyère, French essayist (died 1696)[5]
- Unknown date â Edmund Bohun, English historian, publicist and political writer (died 1699)[6]
Deaths
- April 17 â Daniel Featley, English Calvinist theologian (born 1582)
- August 28 â Hugo Grotius, Dutch polymath (born 1583)
- August 31 â Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)
- September 8 â Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish nobleman, politician and poet (born 1580)
- Unknown dates
- Feng Menglong (馮夢é¾), Chinese vernacular poet and author (born 1574)
- William Lithgow, Scottish travel writer (born 1582)
- John Paul Nazarius, Italian Dominican theologian (born 1556)