1700 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Richard Bentley becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

[edit] New books

• Mémoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan - Gatien de Courtilz

[edit] New drama

• Susannah Centlivre - The Perjured Husband
• William Congreve - The Way of the World
• Mary Pix - The Beau Defeated

[edit] Poetry

• John Dryden - Fables, Ancient and Modern

[edit] Births

• February 2 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766)
• May 25 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German theologian (died 1760)
• September 11 - James Thomson (Seasons) (died 1748)

[edit] Deaths

• January 7 - Raphael Fabretti, historian (born 1618)
• May 12
  • Joseph Athias, publisher of the Hebrew Bible
  • John Dryden (born 1631)
• date unknown - Thomas Creech, translator (born 1659)
• date unknown - Joseph Moxon, lexicographer (born 1627)