1651 in literature
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See also: 1650 in literature, other events of 1651, 1652 in literature, list of years in literature.
Contents
Events
- August 22 - Execution of Protestant preacher, Christopher Love, whose sermons were later published.
New books
- Gondibert (second impression) - Sir William Davenant
- Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
- Reliquiae Wottonianiae - Sir Henry Wotton (posthumous)
- Jeune Alcidiane - Marin le Roy de Gomberville
- Abagar - Filip Stanislavov, first printed book in modern Bulgarian
Births
- April 6 - André Dacier, classical scholar
- August 6 - François Fénelon, theologian
- ?November 12 - Sor Juana, poet
Deaths
- October 7 - Jacques Sirmond, scholar
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