1703 in literature
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See also: 1702 in literature, other events of 1703, 1704 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- July 29, July 30, July 31 - Daniel Defoe is pilloried for seditious libel
[edit] New books
- Daniel Defoe - Hymn to the Pillory
[edit] New drama
- Mary Pix - The Different Widows
- Richard Steele - The Tender Husband
[edit] Births
- June 28 - John Wesley, writer of sermons and hymns (died 1791)
- November 26 - Theophilus Cibber, playwright (died 1758)
[edit] Deaths
- January 11 - Johann Georg Graevius, critic (born 1632)
- April 20 - Lancelot Addison, father of Joseph Addison (born 1632)
- May 8 - Vincent Alsop, religious writer and wit (born c.1630)
- May 16 - Charles Perrault, French writer of fairy tales (born 1628)
- May 26 - Samuel Pepys, diarist (born 1633)
- November 19 - the original "Man in the Iron Mask"
- probable - John Crowne, dramatist
