1707 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1707.
Events
- January â 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 â George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem is first staged, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.[2]
- May 1 â 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 â 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 â Richard Steele marries Mary Scurlock. Their literary marriage gains fame through their correspondence.
New books
Prose
- Anonymous
- Richard Baxter â The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Baxter[2]
- Thomas Brown â The Works of Mr Thomas Brown[2]
- Anthony Collins â Essay Concerning the Use of Reason[2]
- Jean de Beaugué â Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse (translation by Patrick Abercromby)
- François Pétis de la Croix (translated and adapted) â Contes Turcs (Turkish Tales)
- Thomas D'Urfey â Stories, Moral and Comical[2]
- Laurence Echard â The History of England vol. 1[2]
- William Fleetwood â Chronicon Preciosum
- Aaron Hart â Urim v'tumim (the first book printed in Hebrew in London)[3]
- Alain-René Lesage â Le Diable boiteux (The Devil upon Two Sticks)
- Edward Lhuyd â Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain...
- Delarivière Manley â The Lady's Pacquet of Letters (fiction)[2]
- Isaac Newton â Arithmetica Universalis
- John Oldmixon â The Muses Mercury (periodical)[2]
- Matthäus Schiner â A Philippick Oration to Incite the English Against the French (translated by John Toland)
- Hans Sloane â A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, v. 1
- Dr. Thomas Smith â Vitæ quorundam Eruditissimorum et Illustrium Virorum
- Jonathan Swift â A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind
- Matthew Tindal â A Defence of the Rights of the Christian Church (sequel to 1706 work)[2]
- Catherine Trotter â A Discourse Concerning a Guide in Controversies[2]
- Isaac Watts â Hymns and Spiritual Songs (frequently reprinted)[2]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester â The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon[2]
Drama
- Joseph Addison â Rosamond (opera)[2]
- Susanna Centlivre â The Platonick Lady[2]
- Colley Cibber
- The Lady's Last Stake[2]
- The Double Gallant[2]
- Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon â Atrée et Thyeste
- George Farquhar â The Beaux' Stratagem
- Alain-René Lesage â Crispin rival de son maître
- Peter Anthony Motteux â Thomyris, Queen of Scythia (opera)[2]
- Nicholas Rowe â The Royal Convert
- Nahum Tate â Injur'd Love (an adaptation of Webster's The White Devil)[2]
Poetry
- Samuel Cobb â Poems on Several Occasions
- John Pomfret â Quae Rara, Chara (poem)
- Nicholas Rowe â A Poem Upon the Late Glorious Successes
- Nahum Tate â The Triumph of Union[2]
Births
- January 13 â John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, English writer (died 1762)
- January 28 (baptized) â John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (died 1775)
- February 14 â Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (died 1777)
- February 25 â Carlo Goldoni, Venetian dramatist (died 1793)
- April 20 â Robert Foulis, Scottish printer and publisher (died 1776)
- April 22 â Henry Fielding, English novelist (died 1754)
- June 22 (baptized) â Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758)
- August 14 â Johann August Ernesti, German philologist (died 1781)
- September 7 â Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French philosopher (died 1788)
- December 18 â Charles Wesley, English hymnist, religious writer and cleric (died 1788)
- unknown date â Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, kabbalist and philosopher (died 1746)[4]
Deaths
- January 20 â Humphrey Hody, English theologian (born 1659)
- April 20 â George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (born 1677)
- June 23 â John Mill, English theologian and exegete (born c. 1645)
- August 17 â Petter Dass, Norwegian poet (born 1647)
- September 15 â George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (born 1663)
- September 23 â John Tutchin, English controversialist (born c. 1660â64)
- September 24 â Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)
- December 27 â Jean Mabillon, French scholar (born 1632)