1724 in literature
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See also: 1723 in literature, other events of 1724, 1725 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- Daniel Defoe - Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
- Voltaire - La Henriade
[edit] New drama
- Colley Cibber - Caesar in Aegypt
- Ludvig Holberg - Henrik and Pernille
[edit] Non-fiction
- Sermons of Samuel Clarke
- Anthony Collins - Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion, with An Apology for Free Debate and Liberty of Writing
- Paul de Rapin - L'Histoire d'Angleterre
[edit] Births
- January 24 - Frances Brooke, novelist and dramatist (died 1789)
- April 22 - Immanuel Kant philosopher (died 1804)
- July 2 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, poet (died 1803) )
- October 31 - Christopher Anstey, poet (died 1805)
- December 13 - Franz Aepinus, philosopher (died 1802)
- date unknown - Frances Sheridan, novelist, dramatist and mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (died 1766)
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese author (born c.1654)
- February 12 - Elkanah Settle, dramatist (born 1648)
- October 29 - William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (born 1659)
- date unknown
- Charles Gildon, critic and dramatist (born c.1665)
- Pierre Hellies - Provencal poet
