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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1707.

Events

January – The publisher Edmund Curll announces he will publish Matthew Prior's Poems on Several Occasions, even though the rights belong to someone else.^[1]
March 8 – George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem is first staged, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.^[2]
May 1 – The new sovereign Kingdom of Great Britain comes into being under the Acts of Union. It combines the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into a single realm under Anne, Queen of Great Britain. Supporters of this include Daniel Defoe and John Arbuthnot.
May 30 – Thomas Wilson, Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man, publishes Principles and Duties of Christianity... in English and Manks (Coyrie Sodjey), the first book in the Manx language.
September 9 – Richard Steele marries Mary Scurlock. Their literary marriage gains fame through their correspondence.

New books

Prose

Anonymous
- Memoirs of the Court of England (translation)^[2]
- The History of the Earl of Warwick; Sirnam'd the King-maker (transl.)^[2]
Richard Baxter – The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Baxter^[2]
Thomas Brown – The Works of Mr Thomas Brown^[2]
Anthony Collins – Essay Concerning the Use of Reason^[2]
Jean de Beaugué – Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse (translation by Patrick Abercromby)
François Pétis de la Croix (translated and adapted) – Contes Turcs (Turkish Tales)
Thomas D'Urfey – Stories, Moral and Comical^[2]
Laurence Echard – The History of England vol. 1^[2]
William Fleetwood – Chronicon Preciosum
Aaron Hart – Urim v'tumim (the first book printed in Hebrew in London)^[3]
Alain-René Lesage – Le Diable boiteux (The Devil upon Two Sticks)
Edward Lhuyd – Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain...
Delarivière Manley – The Lady's Pacquet of Letters (fiction)^[2]
Isaac Newton – Arithmetica Universalis
John Oldmixon – The Muses Mercury (periodical)^[2]
Matthäus Schiner – A Philippick Oration to Incite the English Against the French (translated by John Toland)
Hans Sloane – A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, v. 1
Dr. Thomas Smith – Vitæ quorundam Eruditissimorum et Illustrium Virorum
Jonathan Swift – A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind
Matthew Tindal – A Defence of the Rights of the Christian Church (sequel to 1706 work)^[2]
Catherine Trotter – A Discourse Concerning a Guide in Controversies^[2]
Isaac Watts – Hymns and Spiritual Songs (frequently reprinted)^[2]
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester – The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon^[2]

Drama

Joseph Addison – Rosamond (opera)^[2]
Susanna Centlivre – The Platonick Lady^[2]
Colley Cibber
- The Lady's Last Stake^[2]
- The Double Gallant^[2]
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon – Atrée et Thyeste
George Farquhar – The Beaux' Stratagem
Alain-René Lesage – Crispin rival de son maître
Peter Anthony Motteux – Thomyris, Queen of Scythia (opera)^[2]
Nicholas Rowe – The Royal Convert
Nahum Tate – Injur'd Love (an adaptation of Webster's The White Devil)^[2]

Poetry

Samuel Cobb – Poems on Several Occasions
John Pomfret – Quae Rara, Chara (poem)
Nicholas Rowe – A Poem Upon the Late Glorious Successes
Nahum Tate – The Triumph of Union^[2]

Births

January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, English writer (died 1762)
January 28 (baptized) – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (died 1775)
February 14 – Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (died 1777)
February 25 – Carlo Goldoni, Venetian dramatist (died 1793)
April 20 – Robert Foulis, Scottish printer and publisher (died 1776)
April 22 – Henry Fielding, English novelist (died 1754)
June 22 (baptized) – Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758)
August 14 – Johann August Ernesti, German philologist (died 1781)
September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French philosopher (died 1788)
December 18 – Charles Wesley, English hymnist, religious writer and cleric (died 1788)
unknown date – Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, kabbalist and philosopher (died 1746)^[4]

Deaths

January 20 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian (born 1659)
April 20 – George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (born 1677)
June 23 – John Mill, English theologian and exegete (born c. 1645)
August 17 – Petter Dass, Norwegian poet (born 1647)
September 15 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (born 1663)
September 23 – John Tutchin, English controversialist (born c. 1660–64)
September 24 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)
December 27 – Jean Mabillon, French scholar (born 1632)

References

^ Frances Mayhew Rippy (1986). Matthew Prior. Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-6902-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
^ Gow, Andrew Colin (2004). "Hart, Aaron (1670–1756)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-12-09. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
^ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto; Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto (1997). דרך ה׳. Feldheim Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-87306-769-0.

[1] Frances Mayhew Rippy (1986). Matthew Prior. Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-6902-9.

[cocel-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.

[3] Gow, Andrew Colin (2004). "Hart, Aaron (1670–1756)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-12-09. (subscription or UK public library membership required)

[4] Moshe Chaim Luzzatto; Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto (1997). דרך ה׳. Feldheim Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-87306-769-0.

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