1707 in literature
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See also: 1706 in literature, other events of 1707, 1708 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Richard Steele marries Mary Scurlock -- one of the most famous literary marriages of all time, thanks to their correspondence.
- Controversial publisher Edmund Curll announces to the press that he will publish Matthew Prior's Poems on Several Occasions - even though the rights belong to someone else.
[edit] New books
[edit] New drama
- George Farquhar — The Beaux' Stratagem
- Colley Cibber — The Lady's Last Stake
[edit] Non-fiction
- Anthony Collins - Essay Concerning the Use of Reason
- Jean de Beaugue — Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse (translation by Patrick Abercromby)
- Isaac Newton - Arithmetica Universalis
- A. Phillipick Schiner — Oration to Incite the English Against the French (translation by John Toland)
- Jonathan Swift — A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind
[edit] Births
- January 13 — John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, writer (died 1762)
- February 14 — Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, novelist (died 1777)
- February 25 — Carlo Goldoni, dramatist (died 1793)
- April 22 — Henry Fielding, novelist (died 1754)
- August 14 — Johann August Ernesti, philologist (died 1781)
- September 7 — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French philosopher (died 1788)
[edit] Deaths
- January 20 — Humphrey Hody, theologian
- April 20 — George Farquhar, dramatist (born 1678)
- June 23 — John Mill, theologian (born c.1645)
- September 15 — George Stepney, British poet and diplomat (born 1663)
- September 24 — Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)
- December 27 — Jean Mabillon, the founder of palaeography (born 1632)
- date unknown — Alexandre Exquemelin, pirate author (born c.1645)
