January 1 - Silvester Jenks, English Catholic theologian and philosopher (died 1714)
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May - Performance of The Siege of Rhodes, Part I, by Sir William Davenant, the "first English opera" (under the guise of a recitative), in a private theatre at his home, Rutland House, in the City of London.
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