17th century in literature
See also: 16th century in literature, other events of the 17th century, 1700s in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New Books/Plays
1601
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will by William Shakespeare
- Cynthia's Revells - Ben Jonson
- Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
- Antonio and Mellida (play) - John Marston
- Mirum in Modum (poetry) - John Davies of Hereford
- Satiromastix (play) - Thomas Dekker and John Marston
- All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
- The Honest Whore (play) - Thomas Dekker
- The Malcontent (play) - John Marston
- Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
- The Dutch Courtesan (play) - John Marston
- The Tragedy of Philotas (play) - Samuel Daniel
- The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare
- A Woman Killed with Kindness (play) - Thomas Heywood
- Bussy D'Ambois (play) - George Chapman
- Michaelmas Terme (play) - Thomas Middleton
- The Knight of the Burning Pestle (play) - Francis Beaumont
- The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat (play) - Thomas Dekker and John Webster
- The Legend of Great Cromwell - Michael Drayton
- Pericles by William Shakespeare
- Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
- A Nest of Ninnies - Robert Armin
- Humour out of Breathe (play) - John Day
- The Belman of London (play) - Thomas Dekker
- The Merry Devil of Edmonton (play) - anonymous; has been attributed to William Shakespeare, Michael Drayton and others.
- The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
- Fourre Birds of Noahs Arke - Thomas Dekker
- The Gul's Hornebooke - Thomas Dekker
- Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
- The Faithful Shepheardess (play) - John Fletcher
- The Authorized Version (King James version) of the Bible
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare
- Catiline his Conspiracy (play) - Ben Jonson
- The Roaring Girle (play) - Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton
- A Woman is a Weather-Cocke - Nathan Field
- Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
- Tears on the Death of Moeliades - William Drummond of Hawthornden
- The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois - George Chapman
- Bartholomew Fair (play) - Ben Jonson
- Ben Jonson's Works
- The Whole Works of Homer - George Chapman
- A Faire Quarrell (play) - Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
- A King and No King (play) - Beaumont and Fletcher
- 'The Maid's Tragedy'' (play) - Beaumont and Fletcher
- 'The Shoemaker's Holiday'' - Thomas Deloney
- Philaster - Beaumont and Fletcher
- The Anatomy of Melancholy - Robert Burton
- The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh - Francis Bacon
- A Fault in Friendship - Richard Brome
- Flowers of Sion - William Drummond of Hawthornden
- The Duchess of Malfi - John Webster
- The City-Night-Cap (comedy) - Robert Davenport
- The Bataile of Agincourt - Michael Drayton
- First Steps up Parnassus - Michael Drayton
- Microcosmographie - John Earle
- The Roman Actor (play) - Philip Massinger
- The Tragedy of Albovine (play) - William D'Avenant
- The Fair Maid of the West (play) - Thomas Heywood
- A New Way to Pay Old Debts (play) - Philip Massinger
- Love's Sacrifice (play) - John Ford
- The Gamester (play) - James Shirley
- The Temple (poetry) - George Herbert
The Bloody Brother - John Fletcher, Ben Jonson et al
- Dodona's Grove - James Howell
- The Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in North America
- Episcopacy by Divine Right - Joseph Hall
- Hesperides by Robert Herrick (poet)
- Andronicus or the Unfortunate Politician - Thomas Fuller
- Vulgar Errors (Pseudodoxia Epidemica) - Sir Thomas Browne
- The Customer of the Countrey - John Fletcher and Philip Massinger
- Philosophical Poems - Henry More
- Eikon Basilike - John Gauden
- Silex scintillans - Henry Vaughan
- A Joviall Crew (play) - Richard Brome
- The Cardinall (play) - James Shirley
- Theophilia or Love's Sacrifice (poetry) - Edward Benlowes
- A History of New England - Edward Johnson
- The Changeling - Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
- The Compleat Angler - Izaak Walton
- Women Beware Women - Thomas Middleton
- Lucasta - Richard Lovelace (posthumous)
- Pharonnida - William Chamberlayne
- The City Madam - Philip Massinger
- The Beggar's Bush - John Fletcher
- Tyrannus, or The Mode - John Evelyn
- A new edition of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England (this edition remains the officially authorised book to the present day).
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Annus Mirabilis, the Year of Wonders 1666 - John Dryden
- Essay of Dramatick Poesie - John Dryden
- The Forced Marriage - Aphra Behn
- Samson Agonistes - John Milton
- Marriage a la Mode by John Dryden
- Navigation and Commerce - John Evelyn
- The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome (play) - Nathaniel Lee
- The Man of Mode (play) - George Etherege
- All for Love - John Dryden
- ''The True Intellectual System of the Universe - Ralph Cudworth
- The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
- Anima Mundi - Charles Blount
- The Life and Death of Mr Badman - John Bunyan
- ''Miscellaneous Poems by Andrew Marvell (posthumous)
- Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden
- The Hind and the Panther - John Dryden
- The Massacre of Paris (play) - Nathaniel Lee
- Amphitryon, or the Two Socias - John Dryden
- Essay Concerning Human Understanding - John Locke
- Memoires of the Navy by Samuel Pepys
- The Impartial Critick - John Dennis
- The Fatal Marriage (play) - Thomas Southerne
- A New Voyage Round the World - William Dampier
- The Campaigners (play) - Thomas D'Urfey
- Dialogues of the Dead - William King and Charles Boyle
Births
- 1613 - John Cleveland
- 1626 - John Aubrey
- 1628 - John Bunyan
- 1630 - Isaac Barrow
- 1631 - John Dryden
- 1639 - Thomas Ellwood
- 1640 - Aphra Behn
- 1643 - Gilbert Burnet
- 1648 - Robert Barclay
- 1685 - George Berkeley
Deaths
- 1600 - Richard Hooker
- 1612 - Robert Armin
- 1616 - William Shakespeare; Francis Beaumont; Richard Hakluyt
- 1623 - William Camden
- 1626 - Lancelot Andrewes
- 1638 - Robert Aytoun
- 1640 - Philip Massinger
- 1641 - Augustine Baker
- 1672 - Anne Bradstreet
- 1688 - John Bunyan
- 1689 - Aphra Behn
- 1691 - Richard Baxter
