1704 in literature
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See also: 1703 in literature, other events of 1704, 1705 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- Architect and dramatist, Sir John Vanbrugh, is commissioned to begin Blenheim Palace.
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New books
- The Campaign - Joseph Addison
- The Biter (play) - Nicholas Rowe
- The Careless Husband (play) - Colley Cibber
- Miscellany Poems - William Wycherley
- A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift
- The Battle of the Books - Jonathan Swift
- Histoire critique des dogmes et des cultes - Pierre Jurieu
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Births
- February 12 - Charles Pinot Duclos
- June 22 - John Taylor, classical scholar
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Deaths
- April 12 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, French writer
- June 18 - Tom Brown (satirist)
- October 28 - John Locke, philosopher