1694 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Jonathan Swift is ordained a clergyman.

[edit] New books

• The Fatal Marriage (play) by Thomas Southerne
• Account of Denmark by William King
• Het Menselyk Bedryf ("Book Of Trades") by Jan Luyken - engravings with verse captions
• The Journal of George Fox, edited by Thomas Ellwood
• Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning by William Wotton
• The Ambitious Slave: or A Generous Revenge (play) by Elkanah Settle

[edit] Births

• November 1 - Voltaire, French philosopher and writer (died 1778)
• unknown date - Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (died 1773)

[edit] Deaths