1706 in literature
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See also: 1705 in literature, other events of 1706, 1707 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- The Dublin Gazette is launched.
- Daniel Defoe is sent to Edinburgh as a government agent.
- Philosopher Samuel Clarke attacks the views of Henry Dodwell on the immortality of the soul.
[edit] New books
- Ned Ward - The London Spy
[edit] New drama
- Antoine Danchet - Cyrus
- George Farquhar - The Recruiting Officer
- Mary Pix (attr.) - The Adventures in Madrid
[edit] Poetry
- Richard Blackmore - An advice to the poets: a poem occasioned by the wonderful success of her majesty's arms, under the conduct of the duke of Marlborough in Flanders
- Jonathan Swift - Baucis and Philemon
[edit] Non-fiction
- John Dennis - Essay on the Operas after the Italian Manner
- Simon Ockley - Introductio ad linguas orientates
[edit] Births
- January 17 - Benjamin Franklin, polymath (died 1790)
- January 28 - John Baskerville, printer (died 1775)
- November 8 - Johann Ulrich von Cramer, philosopher (died 1772)
- December 17 - Émilie du Châtelet, French writer and translator (died 1749)
[edit] Deaths
- January - Ned Kynaston, actor (born c.1640)
- January 21 - Adrien Baillet, French critic (born 1649)
- February 27 - John Evelyn, diarist (born 1620)
- August 6 - Jean-Baptiste du Hamel, natural philosopher
- December 8 - Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye, historian
- December 28 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (born 1647)
- date unknown - John Phillips, satirist (born 1631)
