1707 in literature

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See also: 1706 in literature, other events of 1707, 1708 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 New Books
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

New Books

The Beaux' Stratagem (play) - George Farquhar
Essay Concerning the Use of Reason - Anthony Collins

Births

February 25 - Carlo Goldoni, dramatist
April 22 - Henry Fielding, novelist
September 7 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French philosopher

Deaths

April 20 - George Farquhar, dramatist
September 15 - George Stepney, British poet and diplomat (born 1663)
September 24 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)