1727 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Poetry 4 Non-fiction 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Richard Savage is arrested for the murder of James Sinclair in a drunken quarrel. He escapes the death penalty by the intercession of Frances, Countess of Hertford.

[edit] New books

• Mary Davys - The Accomplished Rake
• Eliza Haywood - Philidore and Placentia

[edit] Poetry

• Henry Baker - The Universe, a Poem intended to restrain the Pride of Man

[edit] Non-fiction

• William Warburton - The Legal Judicature in Chancery stated (published anonymously)

[edit] Births

• March 7 - André Morellet, economist and writer (died 1819)
• December 27 - Arthur Murphy, biographer (died 1805)

[edit] Deaths

• February 13 - William Wotton, scholar and frequent target of Jonathan Swift (born 1666)
• September 17 - Glückel of Hameln, diarist (born 1647)