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1686 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1686. Events *January – John Dryden is recorded as having converted to Roman Catholicism. New books Prose *Pierre Bayle – ''Philosophical Commentary'' (on religious freedom) * Bernard de Fontenelle **''Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes (Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds)'' **''L'Histoire des oracles'' *Gottfried Leibniz **''Brevis Demonstratio Erroris Memorabilis Cartesii et Aliorum Circa Legem Naturae'' (A Brief Demonstration of the Memorable Error of Descartes and Others About the Law of Nature) **''Discours de Métaphysique'' *Ihara Saikaku (井原 西鶴) **''Twenty Cases of Unfilial Children (本朝二十不孝 Honchō Nijū Fukō)'' **''The Life of an Amorous Woman (好色一代女 Kōshoku Ichidai Onna)'' *Thomas Sydenham – ''Schedula monitoria de novae febris ingressu (Schedule of Symptoms of Newly Arrived Fever)'' Children *John Bunyan – ''A Book for Boys and Girls, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dryden
'' John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romanticist writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John". Early life Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was the rector of All Saints. He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Barone t (1553–1632), and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and Parliament. He was a second cousin once removed of Jonathan Swift. As a boy, Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, where it is likely that he received his first education. In 1644 he was sent to Westminst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Killigrew
Anne Killigrew (1660–1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Born in London, she and her family were active in literary and court circles. Killigrew's poems were circulated in manuscript and collected and published posthumously in 1686 after she died from smallpox at age 25. They have been reprinted several times by modern scholars, most recently and thoroughly by Margaret J. M. Ezell. Killigrew was eulogized by John Dryden in his poem ''To The Pious Memory of the Accomplish'd Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew'' (1686). Dryden praised her accomplishments in both Poësie, and Painting, and compared her poetic abilities to the famous Greek woman poet of antiquity, Sappho. Dryden's poem has received extensive critical analysis and a wide range of interpretations. Several paintings attributed to Killigrew are known. These include a self-portrait in Berkeley Castle, and a portrait of James II of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 31
Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the throne as King Eric X of Sweden. * 1504 – The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples. * 1578 – Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War: The Battle of Gembloux is a victory for Spanish forces led by Don John of Austria over a rebel army of Dutch, Flemish, English, Scottish, German, French and Walloons. 1601–1900 * 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James. * 1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * 1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Wales
The National Library of Wales ( cy, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru), Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales and is one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies. It is the biggest library in Wales, holding over 6.5 million books and periodicals, and the largest collections of archives, portraits, maps and photographic images in Wales. The Library is also home to the national collection of Welsh manuscripts, the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, and the most comprehensive collection of paintings and topographical prints in Wales. As the primary research library and archive in Wales and one of the largest research libraries in the United Kingdom, the National Library is a member of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL). At the very core of the National Library of Wales is the mission to collect and preserve materials related to Wales and Welsh life and those which can be utilised by the people of Wales fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1771. Events *April 9 – Pedro Correia Garção is arrested and committed to prison by Sebastião de Melo, Marquis of Pombal. *''unknown dates'' **Henry Mackenzie's ''The Man of Feeling'' inaugurates the fashion for sentimentalism in novels. **Sophie von La Roche's ''Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim: Von einer Freundin derselben aus Original-Papieren und andern zuverläßigen Quellen gezogen'' ("History of Lady von Sternheim"), completed at Bönnigheim and published this year in Leipzig edited by the author's cousin Christoph Wieland in 2 volumes, is, within the tradition of German literature, the first significant novel by a woman, the first epistolary novel and the first "sentimental" novel. **Matthias Claudius begins editing and publishing the newspaper ''Der Wandsbecker Bothe''. **Slovene literature: The ''Nouvi Zákon'', a translation of the New Testament into the Prekmurje Slovene lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alban Thomas
Alban Thomas (1686–1771) was a Welsh doctor, librarian and antiquarian, who followed in his father's footsteps in supporting Welsh literature, being particularly associated with efforts by Moses Williams to publish Welsh-language manuscripts. Life Thomas was the son of a Welsh cleric, poet and translator, also called Alban Thomas, who was involved in a literary renaissance in the Newcastle Emlyn area at the end of the 17th century / beginning of the 18th century. Thomas (the son) was born in 1686 and matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford. By 1708 he was librarian of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and he was the assistant secretary of the Royal Society in London in 1713. He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1775 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1775. Events *January 17 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan's first play, the comedy of manners ''The Rivals'', is premièred at the Covent Garden Theatre in London, then extensively rewritten. It reopens on January 28 to acclaim. The play introduces the character of Mrs. Malaprop. *February 23 – Pierre Beaumarchais' comedy ''Le Barbier de Séville'' is premièred by the Comédie-Française at the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Rewritten it reopens on February 26 to better success. It introduces the character of Figaro. *October 19 – Samuel Johnson, Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale, visiting Paris, watch King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette dining. *December 29 – The English actress Sarah Siddons makes her debut at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Drury Lane Theatre in London as Portia (Merchant of Venice), Portia in ''The Merchant of Venice'' but is poorly received. New books Prose *Hester Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Touron
Antoine Touron (5 September 1686 – 2 September 1775) was a French Dominican biographer and historian. He was born at Graulhet, Tarn, France, the son of a merchant, and seems to have joined the Dominicans at an early age. After the completion of his studies he taught philosophy and theology to the students of his province (Toulouse); but the later years of his life were devoted to biography, history, and apologetics. He died at Paris. He wrote twenty-nine books, dealing largely with the history of the Dominican order and the biographical sketches of its notable men. Père Mortier, in his ''Histoire des maîtres généraux de l'ordre des frères prêcheurs'', made generous use of his ''Histoire des hommes illustres...''. Touron's writings include: * "Vie de saint Thomas d'Aquin" (considered his best work) * "Vie de saint Dominique avec une hist. abrégée des ses premiers disciples" * "Hist. des hommes illustres de l'ordre de saint Dominique" * "De la providence, traité hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 5
Events Pre-1600 * 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu. * 1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava * 1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris. 1601–1900 *1622 – A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water. *1661 – Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers. * 1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. * 1697 – War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1748 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1748. Events *January – The play ''Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura'' (義経千本桜, Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I) receives its Kabuki première in Ise. In May, it receives its first Edo performance at the Nakamura-za and in August first performances in Osaka at the Naka no Shibai. *October 19 – David Garrick revives Philip Massinger's play ''A New Way to Pay Old Debts'' (written c. 1625) in London. *November 21 – The first instalment of ''Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'', also known as ''Fanny Hill'', is published anonymously by John Cleland to raise money to free himself from the London debtors' prison. It is considered by some to be the first modern erotic novel. *December 18 – The Royal Danish Theatre is founded, with the opening of the King's Theatre in Copenhagen. *''unknown dates'' **Leonhard Euler publishes, in Berlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Balguy
John Balguy (12 August 1686 – 21 September 1748) was an English divine and philosopher. Early years He was born at Sheffield and educated at the Sheffield Grammar School (where his father Thomas Balguy was headmaster until his death in 1696) and at St John's College, Cambridge, graduated BA in 1706, was ordained in 1710, and in 1711 obtained the small living of Lamesley and Tanfield in Durham. He married in 1715. It was the year in which Bishop Hoadley preached the famous sermon on 'The Kingdom of Christ', which gave rise to the Bangorian controversy; and Balguy, under the nom de plume of Silvius, began his career of authorship by taking the side of Hoadley in this controversy against some of his High Church opponents. Life in the Church In 1726 he published ''A letter to a Deist concerning the Beauty and Excellency of Moral Virtue, and the Support and Improvement which it receives from the Christian Religion'', chiefly designed to show that, while a love of virtue for its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 12
Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. * 1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. * 1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch The Principality of Antioch was one of the crusader states created during the First Crusade which included parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria. The principality was much smaller than the County of Edessa or the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It extende .... *1323 – The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time. *1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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