1678 in literature
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See also: 1677 in literature, other events of 1678, 1679 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New Books
- All for Love - John Dryden
- The True Intellectual System of the Universe - Ralph Cudworth
- The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
- Threnodia Carolina - Sir Thomas Herbert
Births
- July - Thomas Hearne, editor of medieval manuscripts
- December 14 - Daniel Neal, historian
- date unknown - George Farquhar (or 1677)
Deaths
- August 16 - Andrew Marvell
- date unknown - Thomas Stanley
- date unknown - Richard Flecknoe