1722 in literature
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See also: 1721 in literature, other events of 1722, 1723 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Voltaire and Jean-Baptiste Rousseau meet and quarrel at Brussels.
- Ten-year-old Jean-Jacques Rousseau is abandoned by his father, Isaac.
[edit] New books
[edit] New drama
- Phanuel Bacon - The Kite
- Pierre de Marivaux - La Double Inconstance
[edit] Poetry
- Jonathan Swift - A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General
[edit] Births
- April 11 - Christopher Smart, English poet (died 1771)
- September 22 - John Home, Scottish dramatist (died 1808)
- October 4 - Dominic Schram, theologian (died 1797)
- date unknown
- John Brown, theologian
- John Burgoyne, soldier and dramatist
- Mary Leapor, poet (died 1746)
- Joseph Warton, English poet and critic (died 1800)
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Henri de Boulainvilliers, historian (born 1658)
- March 11 - John Toland, philosopher (born 1670)
- August - Robert Sibbald, antiquary (born 1641)
- September 18 - André Dacier, French scholar (born 1651)
- date unknown
- Johann Michael Heineccius, theologian
