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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1662.

Events[edit]

February 15 – The first performance of Sir William Davenant's The Law Against Lovers – the first Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare, consisting of an amalgam of Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing – is given by the Duke's Company at its new theater in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.^[1]
September 29 – Samuel Pepys in his diary calls the King's Company production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in London "the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life."^[2]
October 18 – John Ogilby, Master of the Revels in Ireland, opens the first Theatre Royal, Dublin, in Smock Alley.^[3]
December 26 – The première of Molière's comedy The School for Wives (L'École des femmes) is held at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris.^[4]
unknown dates
- Two autos sacramentales by Pedro Calderón de la Barca – Las órdenes militares and Mística y real Babilonia – are the subject of an inquiry by the Spanish Inquisition. The former is censured and its manuscript copies confiscated, and remains condemned until 1671.^[5]
- The Parliament of England passes the first Printing Act of the Restoration era, the Licensing of the Press Act, which restricts London printing to a total of 24 printing houses, each with no more than three presses and three apprentices. Books printed abroad are banned.^[6] Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets.^[7]

New books[edit]

Prose[edit]

Church of England – 1662 Book of Common Prayer^[8]
Sarah Blackborow – The Oppressed Prisoners' Complaint^[9]
Margaret Cavendish – Orations of Diverse Persons^[10]
Cyrano de Bergerac (posthumous) – États et Empires du Soleil (The States and Empires of the Sun)^[11]
Franciscus van den Enden – Kort Verhael van Nieuw-Nederland (Brief Account of New Netherland)^[12]
John Evelyn – Sculptura: or The history, and art of chalcography and engraving in copper...^[13]
Thomas Fuller – The History of the Worthies of England^[14]
John Heydon
- The Harmony of the World^[15]
- The English Physician's Guide^[16]
Adam Olearius – The Voyages & Travels of the Ambassadors (translated by John Davies, of Kidwelly)^[17]

Drama[edit]

Margaret Cavendish – Plays Written by the Thrice Noble, Illustrious and Excellent Princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle (closet dramas)^[18]
Aston Cockayne – The Tragedy of Ovid published^[19]
Pierre Corneille – Sertorius^[20]
Sir William Davenant – The Law Against Lovers^[1]
William Heminges – The Jews' Tragedy published^[21]
Robert Howard – The Committee^[22]
Francis Kirkman (probable compiler) – The Wits, or Sport for Sport (collection of drolleries)^[23]
Thomas Middleton and John Webster – Anything for a Quiet Life published^[24]
Molière – The School for Wives^[4]
John Wilson – The Cheats^[25]

Poetry[edit]

Joost van den Vondel – Joannes de Boetgezant^[26]
Michael Wigglesworth – The Day of Doom, or A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement^[27]

Births[edit]

January 27 – Richard Bentley, English classicist (died 1742)^[28]
October 18 – Matthew Henry, English Bible commentator (died 1714)^[29]
Baptized December 17 – Samuel Wesley, English poet and author (died 1735)^[30]
unknown date – John Hudson, English classicist and librarian (died 1719)^[31]

Deaths[edit]

March 10 – Samuel Hartlib, German-born English polymath (born 1600)^[32]
March 30 – François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (born 1592)^[33]
May – Daniel de Priézac, French political writer (born 1590)^[34]
August 17 – Richard Hubberthorne, English Quaker preacher and writer (born 1628)^[35]
August 19 – Blaise Pascal, French philosopher (born 1623)^[36]
unknown date – Henry Jeanes, English controversialist and pamphleteer (born 1611)^[37]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Shakespeare, William (2003). Much Ado about Nothing. Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781139835244. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ "Monday 29 September 1662". The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
^ Dr Paul Salzman; Ms Jo Wallwork (28 May 2013). Early Modern Englishwomen Testing Ideas. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4094-7844-7. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "School For Wives – Swan Theatre Company". www.swantheatrecompany.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Fiore, Robert L. (2015). Drama and Ethos: Natural-Law Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Theater. University Press of Kentucky. p. 109. ISBN 9780813162942. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ "Charles II, 1662: An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Bookes and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses". www.british-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Sir Roger L'Estrange – English journalist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "1662 Book of Common Prayer". Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Prior, Mary (2005). Women in English Society, 1500–1800. Routledge. p. 1670. ISBN 9781134897292. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ Olsen, Kirstin (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 77. ISBN 9780313288036.
^ "Les États et empires du soleil – Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655)". Resources from the BnF. 1662. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Bloemendal, Jan; Eversmann, Peter; Strietman, Elsa (2012). Drama, Performance and Debate: Theatre and Public Opinion in the Early Modern Period. BRILL. p. 315. ISBN 9789004236998. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ [1] Archived 2022-04-27 at the Wayback Machine British Library. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^ "Thomas Fuller – English scholar, preacher, and author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Heydon, John (1662). The Harmony of the World: Being a Discourse Wherein the Phaenomena of Nature are Consonantly Salved and Adapted to Inferiour Intellects. Henry Brome. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ Heydon, John (21 March 1993). English Physician's Guide, Or A Holy Guide. Kessinger Publishing Co. ASIN 1564593517 .
^ Bibliographical details Retrieved 12 September 2017. Archived 2017-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ Dickinson, Peter; Higgins, Anne; Pierre, Paul Matthew St; Solomon, Diana; Zwagerman, Sean (2014). Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 56. ISBN 9781611476446. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ Watson, George (1974). The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 1893. ISBN 9780521200042.
^ "Sertorius". lister.history.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Gilliland, Thomas (1808). The Dramatic Mirror: Containing the History of the Stage from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. C. Chapple. p. 373. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ "Sir Robert Howard – English dramatist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "The Wits, or, Sport upon sport. Part I in select pieces of drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue: together with variety of humors of several nations, fitted for the pleasure and content of all persons, either in court, city, countrey, or camp: the like never before published". ota.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Taylor, Gary; Lavagnino, John (2007). Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture: A Companion to the Collected Works. Oxford University Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780199678730. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ Partridge, Eric (2015). A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American. Routledge. p. 1552. ISBN 9781317445524. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ Welch, Anthony (2012). The Renaissance Epic and the Oral Past. Yale University Press. p. 1661. ISBN 978-0300188998. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ "Michael Wigglesworth – American theologian and writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ de Quehen, Hugh (2004). "Bentley, Richard (1662–1742), philologist and classical scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2169. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Henry, Matthew (2018). Deuteronomy – Complete Bible Commentary Verse by Verse. Selected Christian Literature. p. 5. ISBN 9788582184141. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
^ Rack, Henry D. (2004). "Wesley, Samuel (bap. 1662, d. 1735), Church of England clergyman and poet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29070. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "CreatorsHudson, John (1662-1719), classical scholar and Bodley's Librarian". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Hartlib, Samuel". galileo.rice.edu. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "François Le Métel, seigneur de Boisrobert – French dramatist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Daniel de Priezac (1590–1662)". data.bnf.fr. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Gill, Catie (2004). "Hubberthorne, Richard (bap. 1628, d. 1662), Quaker activist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14018. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Blaise Pascal - Biography, Facts, & Inventions". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Black, J. William. "Jeanes, Henry (1611–1662), Church of England clergyman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14677. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Shakespeare-1] Shakespeare, William (2003). Much Ado about Nothing. Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781139835244. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[2] "Monday 29 September 1662". The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-04-27.

[3] Dr Paul Salzman; Ms Jo Wallwork (28 May 2013). Early Modern Englishwomen Testing Ideas. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4094-7844-7. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[swan-4] "School For Wives – Swan Theatre Company". www.swantheatrecompany.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[5] Fiore, Robert L. (2015). Drama and Ethos: Natural-Law Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Theater. University Press of Kentucky. p. 109. ISBN 9780813162942. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[6] "Charles II, 1662: An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Bookes and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses". www.british-history.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[7] "Sir Roger L'Estrange – English journalist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[8] "1662 Book of Common Prayer". Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[9] Prior, Mary (2005). Women in English Society, 1500–1800. Routledge. p. 1670. ISBN 9781134897292. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[10] Olsen, Kirstin (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 77. ISBN 9780313288036.

[11] "Les États et empires du soleil – Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655)". Resources from the BnF. 1662. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[12] Bloemendal, Jan; Eversmann, Peter; Strietman, Elsa (2012). Drama, Performance and Debate: Theatre and Public Opinion in the Early Modern Period. BRILL. p. 315. ISBN 9789004236998. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[13] [1] Archived 2022-04-27 at the Wayback Machine British Library. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

[14] "Thomas Fuller – English scholar, preacher, and author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[15] Heydon, John (1662). The Harmony of the World: Being a Discourse Wherein the Phaenomena of Nature are Consonantly Salved and Adapted to Inferiour Intellects. Henry Brome. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[16] Heydon, John (21 March 1993). English Physician's Guide, Or A Holy Guide. Kessinger Publishing Co. ASIN 1564593517 .

[17] Bibliographical details Retrieved 12 September 2017. Archived 2017-09-13 at the Wayback Machine

[18] Dickinson, Peter; Higgins, Anne; Pierre, Paul Matthew St; Solomon, Diana; Zwagerman, Sean (2014). Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 56. ISBN 9781611476446. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[19] Watson, George (1974). The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 1893. ISBN 9780521200042.

[20] "Sertorius". lister.history.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[21] Gilliland, Thomas (1808). The Dramatic Mirror: Containing the History of the Stage from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. C. Chapple. p. 373. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[22] "Sir Robert Howard – English dramatist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[23] "The Wits, or, Sport upon sport. Part I in select pieces of drollery, digested into scenes by way of dialogue: together with variety of humors of several nations, fitted for the pleasure and content of all persons, either in court, city, countrey, or camp: the like never before published". ota.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[24] Taylor, Gary; Lavagnino, John (2007). Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture: A Companion to the Collected Works. Oxford University Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780199678730. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[25] Partridge, Eric (2015). A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American. Routledge. p. 1552. ISBN 9781317445524. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[26] Welch, Anthony (2012). The Renaissance Epic and the Oral Past. Yale University Press. p. 1661. ISBN 978-0300188998. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[27] "Michael Wigglesworth – American theologian and writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[28] Quehen, Hugh (2004). "Bentley, Richard (1662–1742), philologist and classical scholar". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2169. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[29] Henry, Matthew (2018). Deuteronomy – Complete Bible Commentary Verse by Verse. Selected Christian Literature. p. 5. ISBN 9788582184141. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2020-09-21.

[30] Rack, Henry D. (2004). "Wesley, Samuel (bap. 1662, d. 1735), Church of England clergyman and poet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29070. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[31] "CreatorsHudson, John (1662-1719), classical scholar and Bodley's Librarian". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[32] "Hartlib, Samuel". galileo.rice.edu. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[33] "François Le Métel, seigneur de Boisrobert – French dramatist". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[34] "Daniel de Priezac (1590–1662)". data.bnf.fr. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[35] Gill, Catie (2004). "Hubberthorne, Richard (bap. 1628, d. 1662), Quaker activist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14018. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[36] "Blaise Pascal - Biography, Facts, & Inventions". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[37] Black, J. William. "Jeanes, Henry (1611–1662), Church of England clergyman". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14677. Retrieved 4 June 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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