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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
1670 Literary Facts
Izaak Walton publishes The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert
Aphra Behn publishes The Forced Marriage; or, The Jealous Bridegroom
William Congreve is born
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