Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1695

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Literature

Theatre

William Congreve, Love for Love
Licensing Act expires

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Nehemiah Grew isolates magnesium sulfate (epsom salts) from springwater

Politics & Law

Licensing Act expires
Penal law: Stat. Ire. An Act to Restrain Foreign Education outlaws foreign education

Philosophy & Theology

John Locke, The Reasonableness of Christianity

Milestones

Death of Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz
Death of Henry Purcell, composer

Miscellaneous

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