1695_in_literature

1695 in literature - Definition

Related Words: Autograph, Bibliography, Classics, Composition, Copy, Cyclopedia, Data, Document, Draft, Encyclopedia, Erotica, Essay

See also: 1694 in literature, other events of 1695, 1696 in literature, list of years in literature.

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Events

Antoine Lemaistre and his brother Louis Isaac Lemaistre complete their translation of the Bible into the French language (the "Port-Royal version")
After twelve years of de facto theatrical monopoly in London, the senior actors of the mismanaged United Company break away to form a rival cooperative company, led by Thomas Betterton, Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle. The new company gets off to a brilliant start with the première of William Congreve's comedy Love for Love.

New Books

Love for Love by William Congreve
Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem in X Books by Richard Blackmore
Quantulumcunque Concerning Money by Sir William Petty (posthumous)

Births

April 8 - Johann Christian Gunther, German poet

Deaths

April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet
November 28 - Anthony Wood

Example Usage of literature
	EmmE_GhitA: @k8starlight Yes, I know! and i'm so sad! and also Wednesday i have two tests: one of philosophy and one of italian literature!
	jamesbannan: @dobes actually comparative religion is very important, as is the Bible's place in literature, but i doubt that's what Abbott is aiming for
	Jordan_Keats: RT @SeattleWushu: "How people choose to defend themselves is as much part of national character as literature, costumes or cooking." --S ...

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