1720 in literature

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See also: 1719 in literature, other events of 1720, 1721 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

New books

• Captain Singleton - Daniel Defoe
• Memoirs of a Cavalier - Daniel Defoe
• L'Amour et la vérité and Arlequin poli par l'amour, comedies by Pierre de Marivaux

Births

• January 13 - Richard Hurd
• July 18 - Gilbert White
• October 17 - Jacques Cazotte, romance writer
• October 19 - John Woolman

Deaths

• April 21 - Antoine Hamilton
• June 27 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, poet
• August 9 - Simon Ockley
• August 17 - Anne Lefèvre (Madame Dacier)
• date unknown - Philippe de Courcillon, marquis de Dangeau, author