Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1669
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Literature
- Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelhausen, Der Abenteuerliche
Simplicissimus Teutsch das ist; Beschreibung des Lebens eines Seltzamen
Vagantens Genannt Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim
- John Milton, Accidence Commenc't Grammar
- Thomas Traherne receives his B.D. from Brasenose College
Theatre
- 5 February: Molière, Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur,
Palais-Royal, Paris
- John Dryden, Tyrannic Love, or the Royal Martyr
- 13 December: Jean Racine, Britannicus
Art
Music
- 28 June: The Paris Opéra receives royal patent
- Antonio Stradivari makes his first violin
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Robert Boyle discovers phosphorus
- Jan Swammerdam, History of the Insects
- Nicolas Steno begins the modern study of Geology
Politics & Law
Philosophy & Theology
- Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz enters the Convent of the
Order of St. Jerome, where she remains until her death
Milestones
Miscellaneous
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