1688 in literature

See also: 1687 in literature, other events of 1688, 1689 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• Divine Dialogues - Henry More
• Marca hispanica - Etienne Baluze
• Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore - David Abercromby

Births

• January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian.
• February 4 - Pierre de Marivaux, playwright (+ 1763)
• May 21 - Alexander Pope, poet (+ 1744)
• Charles Rivington, English publisher (+ 1742)

Deaths

• June 26 - Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher
• August 31 - John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress
• November 26 - Philippe Quinault, French dramatist