Calendar of Literary Facts

• Calendar of Literary Facts

Calendar of Literary Facts

1689

• The English Bill of Rights, forerunner of the American Bill of Rights, is adopted
• King William and Queen Mary of England accept the Bill of Rights
• King William’s War begins in North America, pitting the English against the French and Indians, and lasts until 1697
• Aphra Behn dies (April 16)
• Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu is born (January 18)
• Samuel Richardson is born (July 31)