1692 in literature

See also: 1691 in literature, other events of 1692, 1693 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

Nahum Tate becomes Poet Laureate

New Books

Births

February 29 - John Byrom, poet
November 6 - Louis Racine, poet and son of Jean Racine

Deaths

February - Sir George Etherege, dramatist
May - Nathaniel Lee, dramatist
May 25 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, novelist
November 19 - Thomas Shadwell, dramatist
December 9 - William Mountfort, dramatist and actor

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