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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during 1649. ==Events== *January 1 - Local authorities raid the four remaining London theatres (the Salisbury Court, Red Bull, Cockpit, and Fortune) to suppress clandestine play-acting. The actors found are arrested – except for the Red Bull company, who manage to escape. *February 9 - ''Eikon Basilike: the Pourtrature of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings'', purporting to be the spiritual autobiography of King Charles I of England, is published ten days after his execution, and becomes an enormous popular success. John Gauden later claims to have written it. *March 24 (Saturday) - The authorities damage the Cockpit Theatre to inhibit continued attempts to use it for plays. (The building is not destroyed, however, and in 1660, when drama resumes in England with the Restoration, the theatre is fixed and used again.) *April 23 - William Everard a Digger issues "The Declaration and Standard of the Levellers of England." * October - John Milton's ''Eikonoklastes: in Answer to a Book Intitl'd Eikon Basilike'', a defence of the execution of Charles I, is published. *With the London theatres remaining closed since 1642, the trend toward closet drama (often highly politicized) continues – and is accentuated by the January 30 execution of Charles I. In the play ''Newmarket Fair'', Oliver Cromwell and other Parliamentary leaders commit suicide when they learn of the accession of Charles II (an event that, in actuality, still lies eleven years in the future). * Antoine Girard's poem ''Rome Ridicule'' starts a fashion for burlesque poetry. * Alexander Ross, the Scottish controversialist, publishes the first English translation of the Qur'an. Knowing no Arabic, Ross works from Andre du Ryer's 1647 French version, ''L'Alcoran de Mahomet.'' * Sir William Davenant is appointed treasurer of the colony of Virginia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1649 in literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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