1655 in literature
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See also: 1654 in literature, other events of 1655, 1656 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Jeremy Taylor is imprisoned for four months at Chepstow Castle.
- Thomas Stanley begins his History of Philosophy.
New Books
- Elenchus geomeiriae Hobbianae - an attack on the work of Thomas Hobbes by John Wallis
- Porta Mosis by Edward Pococke
- Second edition of The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton
- Defense of True Liberty by John Bramhall, Anglican divine, begins a correspondence of treatises with Thomas Hobbes.
Births
- January 1 - Christian Thomasius, philosopher
Deaths
- February 25 - Daniel Heinsius, poet
- July 28 - Cyrano de Bergerac, dramatist, himself the subject of a famous play by Edmond Rostand
- September 7 - François Tristan l'Hermite, dramatist
- October 24 - Pierre Gassendi, philosopher