1689 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1689. Events April 30 – Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal in England. April/May – Jonathan Swift becomes secretary to Sir William Temple. May 26 – Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Deep North). New books Prose Richard Cox – George Hickes – John Locke Two Treatises of Government (anonymous) A Letter Concerning Toleration (as by 'P.A.P.O.I.L.A.', in Latin) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (dated 1690) John Selden (died 1654) – Table Talk Johann Weikhard von Valvasor – The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums Crain)