1704 in literature
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See also: 1703 in literature, other events of 1704, 1705 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Architect and dramatist, Sir John Vanbrugh, is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.
[edit] New books
- Joseph Addison - The Campaign.
- Daniel Defoe - The Storm, documenting the Great Storm of 1703 with eyewitness testimonies.
- Jonathan Swift
- The Battle of the Books
- A Tale of a Tub
[edit] New drama
- Colley Cibber - The Careless Husband
- John Dennis -Liberty Asserted
- Nicholas Rowe -The Biter
[edit] Poetry
- William Wycherley - Miscellany Poems
[edit] Non-fiction
- Pierre Jurieu - Histoire critique des dogmes et des cultes
- Sarah Kemble Knight - The Journals of Madam Knight
[edit] Births
- February 12 - Charles Pinot Duclos (died 1722)
- June 22 - John Taylor, classical scholar (died 1766)
- date unknown - John Adams, poet
[edit] Deaths
- April 12 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, French writer (born 1627)
- June 18 - Tom Brown (satirist) (born 1662)
- October 28 - John Locke, philosopher (born 1632)