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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
Sir
William Petty
- ''Quantulumcunque Concerning Money'' (published posthumously)
NEW DRAMA
William Congreve
- ''
Love For Love
''
Robert Gould
- ''The Rival Sisters''
POETRY
Richard Blackmore
- ''Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem in X Books''
BIRTHS
April 8
-
Johann Christian Günther
, German poet
DEATHS
April 13
-
Jean De La Fontaine
, French poet
November 28
-
Anthony Wood
