1668 in literature - Definition

See also: 1667 in literature, other events of 1668, 1669 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler goes into its fourth edition.

New Books

• Cometographia - Johannes Hevelius
• Cyprianus Anglicanus - Peter Heylin
• Essay of Dramatick Poesie - John Dryden
• An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language - John Wilkins
• The Mulberry-garden (play) - Sir Charles Sedley
• Observations upon Experimental Philosophy - Margaret Cavendish

Births

• May 8 - Alain-René Lesage
• September - Joseph Bingham, scholar
• November 11 - Johann Albert Fabricius
• December 21 - Herman Boerhaave, humanist

Deaths

• April 7 - Sir William Davenant