1657 in literature - Definition

See also: 1656 in literature, other events of 1657, 1658 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Prohibition of young male actors in Japan.
• Madame de la Fayette becomes friends with Madame de Sévigné.

New Books

• Polyglot Bible
• Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship - Jeremy Taylor

Births

• February 11 - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
• November 26 - William Derham, theologian
• exact date unknown - John Dennis, dramatist

Deaths

• August 29 - John Lilburne, political agitator and writer
• exact date unknown - Richard Lovelace
• exact date unknown - Luke Wadding, historian