1685 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1685.
Events
- January 22 â Antoine Furetière is expelled from the Académie française for proposing to publish a complete dictionary of the French language himself.[1]
- February â The death of King Charles II of England brings a major theatrical flop in the Restoration era: Albion and Albanius â an allegorical drama in praise of the king with a text by John Dryden and music by Louis Grabu â is in rehearsal at the time.[2]
- June â A revised version of Albion and Albanius fails largely because it coincides with the invasion of the Duke of Monmouth.[3]
- June â Parliament revives the Licensing of the Press Act 1662, limiting London printers.[4]
- unknown date â The Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's works is published in London.
New books
Prose
- Scipion Abeille â Histoire des Os ("Description of the Bones")
- Aphra Behn â Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister
- Ihara Saikaku â Five Women Who Loved Love
- John Spencer â De Legibus Hebraeorum, Ritualibus et earum Rationibus libri tres
Drama
- Jean Galbert de Campistron â Andronic
- John Crowne â Sir Courtly Nice
- Thomas d'Urfey
- The Banditti, or A Lady's Distress[5]
- A Commonwealth of Women (adapted from The Sea Voyage)
- Nahum Tate
- The Cuckold's Haven (adaptation of Eastward Ho)
- A Duke and No Duke (adaptation of Sir Aston Cockayne's Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince)
Births
- January 9 â Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch critic (died 1766)
- March 12 â George Berkeley Irish philosopher and bishop (died 1753)
- June 30 â John Gay, English poet and dramatist (died 1732)[6]
Deaths
- March 18 â Francis Harold, Irish Franciscan historian (year of birth not known)
- c. April 14 â Thomas Otway, English dramatist (born 1652)
- April 29 â Luc d'Achery, French author of critical editions of medieval manuscripts (born 1609)
- June 16 â Anne Killigrew, English poet and painter (born 1660)
- June 17 â Andrew Allam, English historian (born 1655)
- July 1 â Nalan Xingde, Chinese ci poet (born 1655)
- September 25 â Jean Cabassut, French theologian (born 1604)[7]
- October 23 â Yamaga SokÅ (山鹿 ç´ è¡), Japanese philosopher (born 1622)
- unknown date â Placido Puccinelli, Italian historian (born 1609)[8]