1671 in literature
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See also: 1670 in literature, other events of 1671, 1672 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Nell Gwyn retires from the stage.
[edit] New books
- Gottfried Leibniz - Hypothesis Physica Nova (`New Physical Hypothesis')
[edit] New drama
- Pierre Corneille - Tite et Bérénice
- George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham & others - The Rehearsal
[edit] Poetry
[edit] Non-fiction
- Edward Bagshaw (attr.) - The Life and Death of Mr Vavasor Powell
- Arnoldus Montanus - De nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld of Beschryving van America (The Unknown New World or Description of the Continent America)
- Isaac Newton - Method of Fluxions
[edit] Births
- April 6 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, poet (born 1741)
- June 11 - Colley Cibber (born 1757)
[edit] Deaths
- July 14 - Méric Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1599)
- December 28 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, critic (born 1611)
