1700 in literature

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See also: 1699 in literature, other events of 1700, 1701 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Richard Bentley becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

New books

• Mémoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan - Gatien de Courtilz

New drama

• Susannah Centlivre - The Perjured Husband
• William Congreve - The Way of the World -

Births

• February 2 - Johann Christoph Gottsched
• May 25 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German theologian
• September 11 - James Thomson (Seasons)

Deaths

• January 7 - Raphael Fabretti, historian
• May 12
  • Joseph Athias, publisher of the Hebrew Bible
  • John Dryden
• date unknown - Thomas Creech, translator
• date unknown - Joseph Moxon, lexicographer