1656-11-12 English Poet and author of epic "Paradise Lost" John Milton (47) marries 2nd wife Katherine Woodcock
1662-02-24 English Poet and author of "Paradise Lost" John Milton marries 3rd wife Elizabeth Mynshull, 31 years his junior.
Historical Events
1644-11-23 "Areopagitica", a pamphlet by John Milton decrying censorship, is published
1667-04-27 Blind and impoverished, English poet John Milton sells the copyright of "Paradise Lost" for £10
2019-09-09 Poet John Milton's own copy of Shakespeare's First Folio of 1623 has survived with his annotations according to scholar Jason Scott-Warren in Philadelphia library, could be world's most important modern literary discovery
Quotes by John Milton
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
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