17th century in literature

Events

• 1660-1669 - Samuel Pepys writes his diary.

New Books/Plays

• 1600-1601 - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare
• 1601 - Twelth Night[?], or What You Will by William Shakespeare
• 1602 - Troilus and Cressida[?] by William Shakespeare
• 1603 - Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
• 1603-1604 - Othello by William Shakespeare
• 1604-1605 - All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
• 1605 - Timon of Athens[?] by William Shakspeare[?]
• 1605-1606 - The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare
• 1606 - Macbeth by William Shakespeare
• 1606 - Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
• 1607 - Pericles by William Shakespeare
• 1608 - Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
• 1609 - The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
• 1610 - Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
• 1611 - The Tempest by William Shakespeare
• 1613 - Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
• 1644 - Areopagitica by John Milton
• 1648 - Hesperides by Robert Herrick (poet)
• 1666 - Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners[?] by John Bunyan
• 1667 - Paradise Lost by John Milton
• 1672 - Marriage a la Mode[?] by John Dryden
• 1675 - The Country Wife by William Wycherley
• 1678 - The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
• 1681 - Absalom and Achitophel[?] by John Dryden
• 1690 - Memoires of the Navy[?] by Samuel Pepys

Births

• 1628 - John Bunyan
• 1631 - John Dryden

Deaths

• 1616 - William Shakespeare
• 1688 - John Bunyan