1669 in literature
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See also: 1668 in literature, other events of 1669, 1670 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Samuel Pepys is obliged to give up keeping his diary in May.
[edit] New books
- Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens - Jan Swammerdam
- Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch - Hans von Grimmelshausen
[edit] New drama
- John Dryden - Tyrannic Love
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery - Guzman
- Jean Racine - Britannicus
[edit] Births
- Jiang Tingxi, encyclopaedist (died 1732)
- Thomas Woolston, deist writer (died 1731)
[edit] Deaths
- March 19 - John Denham, poet (born 1615)
- September 30 - Henry King, poet (born 1592)
- December 16 - Nathaniel Fiennes (born c.1608)

