1721 in literature
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See also: 1720 in literature, other events of 1721, 1722 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- Lettres persanes (Persian Letters) by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
- Prodromus principiorum rerum naturalium by Emanuel Swedenborg
[edit] Births
- March 19 - Tobias Smollett, Scottish physician and author (died 1771)
- November 9 - Mark Akenside, poet (died 1770)
- William Collins (poet) (died 1759)
[edit] Deaths
- August 13 - Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (born 1665)
- September 18 - Matthew Prior, British poet and diplomat (born 1664)
- December 12 - Alexander Selkirk, the model for Robinson Crusoe (born 1676)
