1689 in literature

Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1689.

Events

April 30 – Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal in England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April/May – Jonathan Swift becomes secretary to Sir William Temple.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 26 – Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi (Narrow Road to the Deep North).

January 18 – Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French satirist (died 1755)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
January 21 – Daniel Henchman, Colonial American bookseller and publisher (died 1761)
May 26 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English poet and letter-writer (died 1762)
July 9 – Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist (died 1773)
August 19 (bapt.) – Samuel Richardson, English novelist (died 1761)<ref name="Richetti1996">Template:Cite book</ref>

January – William Chamberlayne, English poet and playwright (born c. 1619)
February 21 – Isaac Vossius, Dutch-born collector of manuscripts (born 1618)
April 16 – Aphra Behn, English dramatist, poet and novelist (born 1640)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
August 21 – William Cleland, Scottish soldier and poet (killed in battle, born c. 1661)
November 13 – Philipp von Zesen, German poet and hymn-writer (born 1619)
December 13 – Zbigniew Morsztyn, Polish poet (born c. 1628)
Unknown date – Pjetër Bogdani, Albanian-language author (born c. 1630)