article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1699. January 27 – Jonathan Swift is out of work after his employer, Sir William...
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1699 (MDCXCIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1699th...
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Crew 1699 in literature – Les Aventures de Télémaque (Fénelon), Historia Histrionica (Wright), Kingo's hymnal. Death of Jean Racine 1700 in literature –...
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The year 1699 in music involved some significant events. February – Richard Leveridge, Daniel Purcell and Jeremiah Clarke collaborate on the music for...
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The year 1699 in science and technology involved some significant events. English physician Edward Tyson publishes Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris:...
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The Way of the World, a comedy performed in March John Dennis – Iphigenia: A tragedy, performed in December 1699 George Farquhar – The Constant Couple Charles...
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brother-in-law William III. March 11 (O.S.) – The first regular English national newspaper, The Daily Courant, begins publication, in Fleet Street in the...
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Sir Harry Wildair, performed about April; sequel to The Constant Couple 1699 Charles Gildon, Love's Victim: or, the Queen of Wales: A tragedy (published...
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Gilbert Burnet – An Essay on the Memory of the Late Queen (see 1694 in literature, as many memorials were written to Mary II of England) Jeremy Collier...
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French, is first performed at his new London playhouse, The Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket. December 27 – John Vanbrugh's play The Mistake is likewise...
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