1692 in literature
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See also: 1691 in literature, other events of 1692, 1693 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Nahum Tate becomes Poet Laureate
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Births
- February 29 - John Byrom, poet
- November 6 - Louis Racine, poet and son of Jean Racine
Deaths
- February - Sir George Etherege, dramatist
- May - Nathaniel Lee, dramatist
- May 25 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, novelist
- November 19 - Thomas Shadwell, dramatist
- December 9 - William Mountfort, dramatist and actor