1700s in literature

Events

• 1709 : Tatler founded by Richard Steele

New books and plays

• 1700: The Way of the World by William Congreve
• 1702: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters by Daniel Defoe
• 1703: Hymn to the Pillory by Daniel Defoe
• 1704: The Campaign by Joseph Addison; Miscellany Poems by William Wycherley
• 1705: The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh; The Gamester by Susanna Centlivre
• 1706: The Recruiting Officer (play) – George Farquhar
• 1707: Essay Concerning the Use of Reason – Anthony Collins; The Beaux' Stratagem – George Farquhar

Births

• June 28, 1703 : John Wesley (died 1791)
• April 22, 1707 : Henry Fielding (died 1754)
• September 18, 1709 : Samuel Johnson (died 1784)

Deaths

• May 12, 1700 : John Dryden (born 1631)
• May 26, 1703 : Samuel Pepys (born 1633)
• February 27, 1706 : John Evelyn (born 1620)

See also

• List of years in literature