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EVENTS

Colley Cibber becomes an actor with the Drury Lane company.

NEW BOOKS

''Amphitryon, or the Two Socias'' - John Dryden

''Don Sebastian'' - John Dryden

''Essay Concerning Human Understanding'' - John Locke

''Memoires of the Navy'' - Samuel Pepys

''A Discourse of Trade'' - Nicholas Barbon

NEW DRAMA

Thomas Southerne - ''Sir Anthony Love''

BIRTHS

February 3 - Richard Rawlinson , collector of manuscripts and curiosities

DEATHS

May 12 - John Rushworth , author of ''Historical Collections''

October 3 - Robert Barclay , Quaker writer

''date unknown'' - Franciscus Plante , poet