1718 in literature
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See also: 1717 in literature, other events of 1718, 1719 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- The Freethinker (newspaper) is founded by Ambrose Philips and Hugh Boulter.
- Laurence Eusden becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain.
- Voltaire is released from the Bastille, while Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, begins a two-year sentence.
- Ludvig Holberg becomes a professor at the University of Copenhagen.
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New books
- New version of Christ's Kirk on the Green by Allan Ramsay
- The History of the Saracens, volume 2 - Simon Ockley
- Love in a Veil (play) - Richard Savage
- Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile and Mahometan Christianity - John Toland
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Births
- May 16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, philosopher
- July 18 - Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer
- December 9 - Vincenzo Coronelli
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