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)