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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)
See also
List of years in literature
References
BBC.
"John Wesley at Epworth"
.
www.bbc.co.uk
. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
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