1708 in literature
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[edit] Events
- Joseph Trapp becomes Oxford Professor of Poetry.
- Edward Lhuyd becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society.
[edit] New books
- Anne de La Roche-Guilhem - La Foire de Beaucaire
- Jonathan Swift - The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers, vol. 1
[edit] Non-fiction
- Joseph Bingham - Origines Ecclesiasticae, or Antiquities of the Christian Church, vol. 1
- Ebenezer Cook - The Sot-Weed Factor
- Edmund Curll - The Charitable Surgeon
- Bishop Fisher's Funeral Sermon for Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby (with a preface by Thomas Baker)
- John Harris -Lexicon technicum, or an universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1 (2nd edition)
[edit] Births
- April 23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (died 1754)
- date unknown
- Olof von Dalin, poet
- Richard Dawes, English classical scholar (died 1766)
- Thomas Seward, English poet
[edit] Deaths
- October 11 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, philosopher (born 1651)
- October 22 - Hermann Witsius, theologian (born 1636)
- date unknown
- Johannes Kelpius, polymath (born 1673)
- Nicolae Milescu, travel writer (born 1636)
- William Walsh, poet and critic (born 1663)