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1664
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière,
Tartuffe.
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1660
Civil War in England ends with
Charles II’s ascension to the throne (the“Restoration”).
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1665
François de La Rochefoucauld,
Reflections.
1667
Publication of John Milton’s Paradise
Lost.
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1666
Isaac Newton uncovers laws of
gravity • London, already stricken by
plague, is destroyed in the Great Fire and
subsequently rebuilt in more orderly
fashion.
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1668–1694
Jean de La Fontaine, Fables.
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1670
The London-based Hudson’s Bay
Company is incorporated by royal charter
to trade in North America.
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1677
Jean Racine, Phaedra.
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1678
Marie de la Vergne de La Fayette,
The Princess of Clèves.
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1690
John Locke, Essay Concerning
Human Understanding.
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1691
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Reply to
Sor Filotea de la Cruz.
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1694
Bank of England is chartered,
forerunner of modern national banks and
treasury systems; London Stock Exchange
follows in 1698.
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1696
Judith Drake, An Essay in Defense of
the Female Sex.
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1697
Russian czar Peter the Great visits
Western Europe and England, resolves to
Westernize Russia.
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1707
Kingdom of Great Britain formed by
union of England and Scotland.
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1709
Up to 100,000 slaves a year cross the
Atlantic, 20,000 to Britain’s Caribbean
colonies alone.
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1710
First British copyright law,
transferring rights of property in a
published work from publisher to author.
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1717
Alexander Pope, The Rape of the
Lock.
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1719
Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson
Crusoe, often called the first true novel in
English.
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1721
J. S. Bach, The Brandenburg
Concertos.
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1726
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels.
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