1747 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Samuel Johnson begins work on his dictionary of the English language

[edit] New books

• Voltaire - Zadig

[edit] New drama

• Edward Moore - The Foundling

[edit] Poetry

• George Lyttelton - Monody (poetry)

[edit] Births

• January 11 : François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt (died 1827)
• January 15 : John Aikin, English doctor and writer (died 1822)
• December 12 : Anna Seward, English writer (died 1809)

[edit] Deaths

• January 16 : Barthold Heinrich Brockes (born 1680)
• November 17 : Alain-René Le Sage, French novelist and playwright (born 1668)