1730 in literature
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See also: 1729 in literature, other events of 1730, 1731 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Voltaire's Brutus is finally staged.
- Colley Cibber becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain
- Metastasio settles in Vienna
[edit] New books
- Johann Christoph Gottsched - Versuch einer kritischen Dichtkunst für die Deutschen
- Matthew Tindal - Christianity as Old as Creation
- William Whiston - Life of Samuel Clarke
[edit] New drama
- James Thomson - The Tragedy of Sophonisba
[edit] Births
- March 27 - Thomas Tyrwhitt, critic (died 1786)
- April 1 - Solomon Gessner (died 1788)
- August 20 - Paul Henri Mallet (died 1807)
- November 10 (probable) - Oliver Goldsmith (died 1774)
[edit] Deaths
- September 27 - Laurence Eusden, Poet Laureate (born 1688)
- October 23 - Anne Oldfield, actress (born 1683)
