1720 in literature
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See also: 1719 in literature, other events of 1720, 1721 in literature, list of years in literature.
[edit] New books
- Captain Singleton - Daniel Defoe
- Memoirs of a Cavalier - Daniel Defoe
- L'Amour et la vérité and Arlequin poli par l'amour, comedies by Pierre de Marivaux
[edit] Births
- January 13 - Richard Hurd (died 1808)
- July 18 - Gilbert White (died 1793)
- October 17 - Jacques Cazotte, romance writer (died 1792)
- October 19 - John Woolman (died 1772)
[edit] Deaths
- April 21 - Antoine Hamilton (born 1646)
- June 27 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, poet (born 1639)
- August 9 - Simon Ockley (born 1678)
- August 17 - Anne Lefèvre (Madame Dacier) (born c.1654)
- date unknown - Philippe de Dangeau, author (born 1638)
