1689 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1689.

Events

April 30 â Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal in England.^[1]
April/May â Jonathan Swift becomes secretary to Sir William Temple.^[2]
May 26 â Matsuo BashÅ begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Deep North).

Richard Cox â Hibernia Anglicana
George Hickes â Institutiones Grammaticae Anglo-Saxonicae et Moeso-Gothicae
John Locke
- Two Treatises of Government (anonymous)
- A Letter Concerning Toleration (as by 'P.A.P.O.I.L.A.', in Latin)
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (dated 1690)
John Selden (died 1654) â Table Talk
Johann Weikhard von Valvasor â The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre deÃ Hertzogthums Crain)

January 18 â Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French satirist (died 1755)^[3]
January 21 â Daniel Henchman, Colonial American bookseller and publisher (died 1761)
May 26 â Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English poet and letter-writer (died 1762)
July 9 â Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist (died 1773)
August 19 (bapt.) â Samuel Richardson, English novelist (died 1761)^[4]

January â William Chamberlayne, English poet and playwright (born c. 1619)
February 21 â Isaac Vossius, Dutch-born collector of manuscripts (born 1618)
April 16 â Aphra Behn, English dramatist, poet and novelist (born 1640)^[5]
August 21 â William Cleland, Scottish soldier and poet (killed in battle, born c. 1661)
November 13 â Philipp von Zesen, German poet and hymn-writer (born 1619)
December 13 â Zbigniew Morsztyn, Polish poet (born c. 1628)
Unknown date â PjetÃ«r Bogdani, Albanian-language author (born c. 1630)