1700s in literature

See also: 17th Century in literature, other events of the 1700s, 1710 in literature, list of years in literature.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books and Plays 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• 1709 : The Tatler[?] founded by Richard Steele

New Books and Plays

• 1700 : The Way of the World[?] by William Congreve
• 1704 : The Campaign by Joseph Addison
• 1704 : Miscellany Poems by William Wycherley
• 1705 : The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh

Births

• April 22, 1707 : Henry Fielding
• 1709 : Samuel Johnson

Deaths

• May 1, 1700 : John Dryden
• May 26, 1703 : Samuel Pepys
• 1706 : John Evelyn