1656 in literature
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See also: 1655 in literature, other events of 1656, 1657 in literature, list of years in literature.
Contents
Events
- November 12 - John Milton marries Katherine Woodcock.
- Baruch Spinoza is excluded from the Jewish religious community.
New books
- Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon - Cyrano de Bergerac
- Kirchlzofsgedanken (lyrics) - Andreas Gryphius
- Nature's Pictures - Margaret Cavendish
- Questions concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance - Thomas Hobbes
- Vermehrte Newe Beschreibung Der Muscowitischen und Persischen Reyse So durch gelegenheit einer Holsteinischen Gesandtschaft an den Russischen Zaar und König in Persien geschehen - Adam Olearius, German traveller
Births
- September 14 - Thomas Baker, antiquarian author
- date unknown - Charles Davenant, economist, son of Sir William Davenant
- date unknown - Jean Galbert de Campistron, dramatist
Deaths
- September 8 - Bishop Joseph Hall, satirist
- October 3 - Myles Standish, American colonist, best known through the Longfellow poem
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