1674 In Literature

Events

• Isaac de Benserade is elected to the French Academy, along with Pierre Daniel Huet.
• Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton visit Rome together.

New Books

• Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College - Thomas Ken
• Navigation and Commerce - John Evelyn
• The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome (play) - Nathaniel Lee

Births

• January 15 - Prosper Jolyot de Crbillon, poet and dramatist
• June - Nicholas Rowe (dramatist)
• October - Thomas Ruddiman, classical scholar

Deaths

• June 14 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, poet and novelist
• October - Robert Herrick
• November 8 - John Milton
• December 9 - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

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