1666 in literature
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See also: 1665 in literature, other events of 1666, 1667 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Samuel Pepys records details of the Great Fire of London in his diary.
- Aphra Behn goes to Antwerp to work as a government spy.
New Books
- De Arte Combinatoria (`On the Art of Combination') - Gottfried Leibniz
- De principiis et ratiocinatione geometrarum - Thomas Hobbes
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - John Bunyan
- Le Misanthrope - Molière
- Satires du Sieur D.... - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
Births
- August 13 - William Wotton
- exact date unknown - Mary Astell, the "first British feminist"
- exact date unknown - Josiah Burchett, clerk to Samuel Pepys
- probable - John Harris, encyclopaedist
Deaths
- June 30 - Alexander Brome, poet
- October 29 - James Shirley