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jan 1, 1262 - First Female novelist in English publishes a novel (1688 CE)

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Aphra Behn, the first female novelist in English, has her novel "Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave" published.

On a side note, this novel is supposedly also the first European novel to show Africans in a sympathetic manner.

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jan 1, 1262
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~ 764 years ago