1705 in literature

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See also: 1704 in literature, other events of 1705, 1706 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

Events

New books

• Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus - Katherine Philips (posthumous)
• Nouveaux essais sur l'entendement humain ("New Essays on Human Understanding") - Gottfried Leibniz
• A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift, fifth edition (with Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, The Battle of the Books, and Notes)

New drama

• The Mistake - Sir John Vanbrugh
• The Gamester - Susannah Centlivre

Births

• August 30 - David Hartley (philosopher)
• November 23 - Thomas Birch, British historian

Deaths

• January 4 - Marie-Catherine le Jumelle de Barneville, Baronne d'Aulnoy, author of fairy tales
• February 5 - Philipp Jakob Spener, theologian
• October 17 - Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtesan and salon hostess
• date unknown - Michael Wigglesworth, poet