1677 in literature - Definition

See also: 1676 in literature, other events of 1677, 1678 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Roger Morrice begins his Entring Book

New Books

• Phèdre - Jean Racine
• The Plain Dealer - William Wycherley
• The Rival Queens (play) - Nathaniel Lee
• The Rover (play) - Aphra Behn
• Treatise of the Art of War - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

Births

Deaths

• February 21 - Baruch Spinoza
• September 11 - James Harrington