1708 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Non-fiction 4 Births 5 Deaths

[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)