1690 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1690. Events December 10 – Playwright Henry Nevil Payne is tortured for his role in the Montgomery Plot to restore James II to the throne — the last time a political prisoner is subjected to torture in Britain. Colley Cibber becomes an actor with the Drury Lane company. New books Prose Nicholas Barbon – A Discourse of Trade Pierre Bayle (attributed) – Avis important aux réfugiés Sir Thomas Browne (posthumously) – A Letter to a Friend Antoine Furetière (posthumously) – Dictionnaire universel John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (dated this year but published 1689) Two Treatises of Government Samuel Pepys – Memoires of the Navy Baro Urbigerus – Aphorismi Urbigerani