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{{Year nav topic5|1685|literature}}This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1685. Events- February – The death of King Charles II of England results in one of the major theatrical flops of the Restoration era: Albion and Albanius — an allegorical drama in praise of the late king, with text by John Dryden and music by Louis Grabu — is in rehearsals at the time.
- June – A revised version of Albion and Albanius fails, largely because it coincides with the Duke of Monmouth's invasion.
- June – Parliament revives the Printing Act of 1662, limiting London printers.
- Antoine Furetière is expelled from the Académie française for proposing to publish a complete dictionary of the French language himself.
- Publication of the Fourth Folio of Shakespeare's works in London.
New booksProse- Scipion Abeille – Histoire des Os ("Description of the Bones")
- Aphra Behn – Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister
- Ihara Saikaku – Five Women Who Loved Love
- John Spencer – De Legibus Hebraeorum, Ritualibus et earum Rationibus libri tres
Drama- Jean Galbert de Campistron – Andronic
- John Crowne – Sir Courtly Nice
- Thomas d'Urfey
- The Banditti, or A Lady's Distress[1]
- The Commonwealth of Women (adapted from The Sea Voyage)
- Nahum Tate
- The Cuckold's Haven (adaptation of Eastward Ho)
- A Duke and No Duke (adaptation of Sir Aston Cockayne's Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince)
Births- January 9 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch critic (died 1766)
- March 12 – George Berkeley Irish philosopher and bishop (died 1753)
- June 30 – John Gay, English poet and dramatist (died 1732)
Deaths- March 18 – Francis Harold, Irish Franciscan historian (year of birth not known)
- c. April 14 – Thomas Otway, English dramatist (born 1652)
- April 29 – Luc d'Achery, French author of critical editions of medieval manuscripts (born 1609)
- June 16 – Anne Killigrew, English poet (born 1660)
- June 17 – Andrew Allam, English historian (born 1655)
- July 1 – Nalan Xingde, Chinese ci poet (born 1655)
- October 23 – Yamaga Sokō (山鹿 素行), Japanese philosopher (born 1622)
- Unknown dates
- Jean Cabassut, French theologian (born 1604)
- Placido Puccinelli, Italian historian (born 1609)
In literature- R. D. Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone (1869) and Arthur Conan Doyle's Micah Clarke (1889) are set during the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Thomas D'Urfey|url=http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/authorrecord.php?recordid=32897|work=English Poetry 1579-1830: Spenser and the Tradition|accessdate=2014-05-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531125401/http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/authorrecord.php?recordid=32897|archive-date=2014-05-31|dead-url=yes|df=}}
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