1707 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1707.
Events
- March 8 - George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem[1] is first staged, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London.
- May 1 - The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdom of England and Scotland into a single realm under Queen Anne, with the support of Daniel Defoe and John Arbuthnot.
- September 9 - Richard Steele marries Mary Scurlock – one of the most famous literary marriages of all time, thanks to their correspondence.
- Controversial publisher Edmund Curll announces to the press that he will publish Matthew Prior's Poems on Several Occasions –- even though the rights belong to someone else.
New books
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- Richard Baxter - The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Baxter[1]
- Thomas Brown - The Works of Mr Thomas Brown[1]
- Anthony Collins - Essay Concerning the Use of Reason[1]
- Jean de Beaugué - Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse (translation by Patrick Abercromby)
- François Pétis de la Croix (translated & adapted) - Contes Turcs
- Thomas D'Urfey - Stories, Moral and Comical[1]
- Laurence Echard - The History of England vol. 1[1]
- Aaron Hart - Urim v'tumim (the first book printed in Hebrew in London)[2]
- Delarivière Manley - The Lady's Pacquet of Letters (fiction)[1]
- Isaac Newton - Arithmetica Universalis
- John Oldmixon - The Muses Mercury (periodical)[1]
- Matthäus Schiner, A Philippick Oration to Incite the English Against the French (translated by John Toland)
- 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 (seq. to 1706 work)[1]
- Catherine Trotter - A Discourse Concerning a Guide in Controversies[1]
- Isaac Watts - Hymns and Spiritual Songs (frequently reprinted thereafter)[1]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester - The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon[1]
New drama
- Joseph Addison - Rosamund (opera)[1]
- Susanna Centlivre - The Platonick Lady[1]
- Colley Cibber
- Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon - Atrée et Thyeste
- George Farquhar - The Beaux' Stratagem
- Peter Anthony Motteux - Thomyris, Queen of Scythia (opera)[1]
- Nicholas Rowe - The Royal Convert
- Nahum Tate - Injur'd Love (an adaptation of Webster's The White Devil)[1]
Poetry
Main article: 1707 in poetry
- Samuel Cobb - Poems on Several Occasions
- John Pomfret - Quae Rara, Chara (poem)
- Nahum Tate - The Triumph of Union[1]
Births
- January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, English writer (died 1762)
- 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 (bapt.) – 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)
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)
- 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)
- Unknown date – Alexandre Exquemelin, French or Flemish writer on piracy (born c. 1645)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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)
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