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1700s in literature

See also: 17th Century in literature, other events of the 1700s, 1710 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books and Plays 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• 1709 : The Tatler founded by Richard Steele

New Books and Plays

• 1700 : The Way of the World by William Congreve
• 1702 : The Shortest Way with the Dissenters by Daniel Defoe
• 1703 : Hymn to the Pillory by Daniel Defoe
• 1704 : The Campaign by Joseph Addison; Miscellany Poems by William Wycherley
• 1705 : The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh; The Gamester by Susannah Centlivre
• 1706 : The Recruiting Officer (play) - George Farquhar
• 1707 : Essay Concerning the Use of Reason - Anthony Collins; The Beaux' Stratagem - George Farquhar

Births

• April 22, 1707 : Henry Fielding
• September 18, 1709 : Samuel Johnson

Deaths

• May 12, 1700 : John Dryden
• May 26, 1703 : Samuel Pepys
• February 27, 1706 : John Evelyn

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