1695 in literature

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See also: 1694 in literature, other events of 1695, 1696 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Antoine Lemaistre and his brother Louis Isaac Lemaistre complete their translation of the Bible into the French language (the "Port-Royal version")
• After twelve years of de facto theatrical monopoly in London, the senior actors of the mismanaged United Company break away to form a rival cooperative company, led by Thomas Betterton, Elizabeth Barry and Anne Bracegirdle. The new company gets off to a brilliant start with the première of William Congreve's comedy Love for Love.

New books

• Sir William Petty - Quantulumcunque Concerning Money (published posthumously)

New drama

• William Congreve - Love for Love
• Robert Gould - The Rival Sisters

Poetry

• Richard Blackmore - Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem in X Books

Births

• April 8 - Johann Christian Günther, German poet

Deaths

• April 13 - Jean de la Fontaine, French poet
• November 28 - Anthony Wood