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The year 1627 in literature involved some significant events.
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Events
- René Descartes is present at the Siege of La Rochelle.
New books
- George Hakewill - An Apologie or Declaration of the Power and Providence of God
- Marin Mersenne - Traité de l'harmonie universelle
New drama
- William Davenant - The Cruel Brother
- William Hawkins - Apollo Shroving
- Philip Massinger - The Great Duke of Florence
- Thomas Vincent - Paria (in Latin)
Poetry
- Michael Drayton - miscellaneous poems, including The Battle of Agincourt, First Steps up Parnassus, and Nymphidia
- Phineas Fletcher - Locustae, vel Pietas Jesuitica (in Latin and English)
Births
- September 27 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, theologian (died 1704)
- November 29 - John Ray, naturalist (died 1705)
- date unknown - John Flavel, theologian (died 1691)
- date unknown - Joseph Moxon, lexicographer (died 1691)
Deaths
- April 19 - John Beaumont, poet (born 1583)
- June 27 - John Hayward, historian (born c.1560)
- September 20 - Jan Gruter, critic (born 1560)
- date unknown - Thomas Middleton, poet and dramatist (born 1580)
- date unknown - Richard Barnfield, poet (born 1574)
