1650 in literature
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The year 1650 in literature involved some significant events.
Events
- Blaise PascalBlaise PascalBlaise Pascal , was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen...
's poor health forces him to retire from the study of mathematics. - Parliament appoints a commission for the propagation and preaching of the gospel in Wales, advised by Vavasor PowellVavasor PowellVavasor Powell was a Welsh Nonconformist Puritan preacher, evangelist, church leader and writer.-Life:He was born in Knucklas, Radnorshire and was educated at Jesus College, Oxford...
. - Despite the official prohibition against stage plays, theatrical manager and promoter William BeestonWilliam BeestonWilliam Beeston was a 17th century actor and theatre manager, the son and successor to the more famous Christopher Beeston.-Early phase:...
finances repairs to the Cockpit TheatreCockpit TheatreThe Cockpit was a theatre in London, operating from 1616 to around 1665. It was the first theatre to be located near Drury Lane. After damage in 1617, it was christened The Phoenix....
and attempts to assemble and train a company of young actors. His effort is unsuccessful. - Robert BaronRobert Baron (poet)Robert Baron was an English poet and dramatist. He was a very successful plagiarist, his thefts passing unrecognised for more than a century after his death.-Life:...
publishes his plagiarizedPlagiarismPlagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
work Pocula Castalia, stealing mainly from the minor poems of John MiltonJohn MiltonJohn Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
issued in 16451645 in literatureThe year 1645 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:* With the London theatres closed by the Puritan regime during the English Civil War, closet drama grows in prominence. Henry Burkhead's Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery is published in 1645...
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New books
- Richard FlecknoeRichard FlecknoeRichard Flecknoe , English dramatist and poet, the object of Dryden's satire, was probably of English birth, although there is no corroboration of the suggestion of Joseph Gillow, that he was a nephew of a Jesuit priest, William Flecknoe, or more properly Flexney, of Oxford.The few known facts of...
- The Idea of His Highness Oliver ... - George WalkerGeorge Walker (Puritan)George Walker was an English clergyman, known for strong Puritan views. He was imprisoned in 1638 by William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, an affair that was raised later against Laud at his trial...
- Anglo-Tyrannus
New drama
- François le Métel de BoisrobertFrançois le Métel de BoisrobertFrançois le Métel de Boisrobert was a French poet.-Biography:He was born at Caen, and trained as a lawyer, practising for some time at the bar at Rouen. About 1622 he went to Paris, and by the next year had established a footing at court, for he had a share in the ballet of the Bacchanales...
- La Jalouse d'elle-même - Abraham CowleyAbraham CowleyAbraham Cowley was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721.-Early life and career:...
- The Guardian
Poetry
- Anne BradstreetAnne BradstreetAnne Dudley Bradstreet was New England's first published poet. Her work met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World.-Biography:...
- The Tenth MuseThe Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in AmericaThe Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America, or Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight, Wherein especially is Contained a Complete Discourse and Description of the Four Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, Seasons of the Year, together with an exact Epitome... - Henry VaughanHenry VaughanHenry Vaughan was a Welsh physician and metaphysical poet.Vaughan and his twin brother the hermetic philosopher and alchemist Thomas Vaughan, were the sons of Thomas Vaughan and his wife Denise of 'Trenewydd', Newton, in Brecknockshire, Wales...
- Silex scintillans (part 1)
Births
- July - Charles Leslie, theologian (died 1722)
- September 23 - Bishop Jeremy CollierJeremy CollierJeremy Collier was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian.-Life:Born in Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire, Collier was educated at Caius College, University of Cambridge, receiving the BA and MA . A supporter of James II, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and...
, theologian and theatre critic (died 1726) - date unknown
- Madame d'AulnoyMadame d'AulnoyMarie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy , also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French writer known for her fairy tales...
, writer of fairy tales (died 1705) - Carlo Alessandro GuidiCarlo Alessandro GuidiCarlo Alessandro Guidi , Italian lyric poet, was born at Pavia.As chief founder of the well-known Roman academy called "L'Arcadia," he had a considerable share in the reform of Italian poetry, corrupted at that time by the extravagance and bad taste of the poets Giambattista Marini and Giovanni...
, Italian lyric poet (died 1712) - Henry ScougalHenry ScougalHenry Scougal was a Scottish theologian, minister and author.Henry Scougal was the second son of Patrick Scougal and Margaret Wemys. His father was Bishop of Aberdeen for more than 20 years....
, Scottish theologian (died 1678)
- Madame d'Aulnoy
- probable - Richard BlackmoreRichard BlackmoreSir Richard Blackmore , English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an example of a dull poet. He was, however, a respected physician and religious writer....
, epic poet (died 1729)
Deaths
- February 11 - René DescartesRené DescartesRené Descartes ; was a French philosopher and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy', and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day...
, philosopher (born 1596) - April 22 - StephaniusStephaniusStephan Hansen Stephanius , born in Copenhagen, was a Danish royal historiographer and professor in Sorø. His name is sometimes fully Latinized as "Stephanus Johannis Stephanius"....
, Danish royal historiographer (born 1599) - June - Jean RotrouJean RotrouJean Rotrou was a French poet and tragedian.Rotrou was born at Dreux in Normandy. He studied at Dreux and at Paris, and, though three years younger than Pierre Corneille, began writing before him. In 1632 he became playwright to the actors of the Hôtel de Bourgogne...
, French poet and dramatist (born 1609) - June 30 - Niccolò CabeoNiccolo CabeoNiccolò Cabeo was an Italian Jesuit philosopher, theologian, engineer and mathematician.-Biography:He was born in Ferrara in 1586, and was educated at the Jesuit college in Parma beginning in 1602...
, Italian philosopher (born 1586) - August 25 - Richard CrashawRichard CrashawRichard Crashaw , English poet, styled "the divine," was part of the Seventeenth-century Metaphysical School of poets.-Life:...
, poet (born c.1613) - September 17 - Constantino CajetanConstantino CajetanConstantino Cajetan was a Benedictine scholar.Although his brothers, Ottavio and Alfonso, joined the Society of Jesus, Constantino became a Benedictine at San Nicolò d'Arena in Catania. He was soon called to Rome by Pope Clement VIII, who confided to the promising young scholar an edition of the...
, Benedictine scholar and book collector (born 1560) - October 25 - Franciscus QuaresmiusFranciscus QuaresmiusFranciscus Quaresmius was an Italian writer and Orientalist.-Life:Quaresmius was born at Lodi. His father was the nobleman Alberto Quaresmi and his mother Laura Papa. At an early age he was enrolled among the Franciscan Observantines at Mantua...
, Milanese Franciscan writer (born 1583) - November 13 - Thomas MayThomas MayThomas May was an English poet, dramatist and historian of the Renaissance era.- Early life and career until 1630 :...
, poet and historian (born 1595) - December 28 - Bartol KašićBartol KašicBartol Kašić was a Croatian linguist. He wrote the first Croatian grammar and translated the Bible and the Roman Rite into Croatian...
, Croatian linguist and grammarian (born 1575) - date unknown
- Anthony AschamAnthony AschamAnthony Ascham was a British academic, political theorist, Parliamentarian and diplomat.-Life:He was probably born on 6 March 1613/1614, the younger son of Thomas Ascham, an alderman of Boston, Lincolnshire...
, political theorist (born c. 1614) - İbrahim PeçeviIbrahim Peçeviİbrahim Peçevi or Peçuyli İbrahim Efendi was a Turkish historian of the Ottoman Empire. He was born in Pécs, Ottoman Empire , hence his name, Peçevi . His mother was of Sokollu Bosnian family. The name of his father is unknown...
, Ottoman historian (born 1572) - TukaramTukaramSant Tukaram was a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet during a Bhakti movement in India.Sant Tukaram was born and lived most of his life in Dehu, a town close to Pune in Mahārāshtra, India. He was born to a couple with the family name "More", the descendent of the Mourya Clan with first...
, Hindu poet
- Anthony Ascham