1669 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1669. Events May 31 – Samuel Pepys makes the last entry in his diary. unknown dates Frances Boothby's tragicomedy Marcelia, or, The Treacherous Friend is performed by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the first play by a woman to be produced in London. The final section of Parthenissa, the prose romance by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, is published. Earlier portions of the work have appeared in 1651 and 1654–1656. New books Prose Anonymous (Gabriel-Joseph de la Vergne?) – Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Les Lettres portugaises) Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen – Simplicius Simplicissimus (first major novel in the German language, dated this year but probably published in 1668) Blaise Pascal – Pensees (published posthumously) William Penn – No Cross, No Crown Jan Swammerdam – John Wagstaffe – The Question of Witchcraft Debated