1685 in literature

Overview of the events of 1685 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1685.

## Events

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* January 22 – Antoine Furetière is expelled from the Académie française for proposing to publish a complete dictionary of the French language himself.[1]
* February – The death of King Charles II of England brings a major theatrical flop in the Restoration era: Albion and Albanius – an allegorical drama in praise of the king with a text by John Dryden and music by Louis Grabu – is in rehearsal at the time.[2]
* June – A revised version of Albion and Albanius fails largely because it coincides with the invasion of the Duke of Monmouth.[3]
* June – Parliament revives the Licensing of the Press Act 1662, limiting London printers.[4]
* unknown date – The Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's works is published in London.

## New books

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### Prose

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* Scipion Abeille – Histoire des Os ("Description of the Bones")
* Aphra Behn – Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister
* Ihara Saikaku – Five Women Who Loved Love
* John Spencer – De Legibus Hebraeorum, Ritualibus et earum Rationibus libri tres

### Drama

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* Jean Galbert de Campistron – Andronic
* John Crowne – Sir Courtly Nice
* Thomas d'Urfey
* The Banditti, or A Lady's Distress[5]
* A Commonwealth of Women (adapted from The Sea Voyage)
* Nahum Tate
* The Cuckold's Haven (adaptation of Eastward Ho)
* A Duke and No Duke (adaptation of Sir Aston Cockayne's Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince)

## Births

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* January 9 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch critic (died 1766)
* March 12 – George Berkeley Irish philosopher and bishop (died 1753)
* June 30 – John Gay, English poet and dramatist (died 1732)[6]

## Deaths

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* March 18 – Francis Harold, Irish Franciscan historian (year of birth not known)
* c. April 14 – Thomas Otway, English dramatist (born 1652)
* April 29 – Luc d'Achery, French author of critical editions of medieval manuscripts (born 1609)
* June 16 – Anne Killigrew, English poet and painter (born 1660)
* June 17 – Andrew Allam, English historian (born 1655)
* July 1 – Nalan Xingde, Chinese ci poet (born 1655)
* September 25 – Jean Cabassut, French theologian (born 1604)[7]
* October 23 – Yamaga Sokō (山鹿 素行), Japanese philosopher (born 1622)
* unknown date – Placido Puccinelli, Italian historian (born 1609)[8]

## References

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1. ^ Helen Julia McKinney (1936). Antoine Furetière, Novelist. University of California, Berkeley. p. 43.
2. ^ Libretto. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
3. ^ Grove. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
4. ^ Licensing acts. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
5. ^ "Thomas D'Urfey". English Poetry 1579-1830: Spenser and the Tradition. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
6. ^ "John Gay – British Library". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
7. ^ John McClintock (1874). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. Harper. p. 6.
8. ^ Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects. 1824. p. 776.