1703 in literature
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See also: 1702 in literature, other events of 1703, 1704 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- July 31 - Daniel Defoe is pilloried for seditious libel
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New books
- Daniel Defoe - Hymn to the Pillory
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New drama
- Richard Steele - The Tender Husband
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Births
- June 28 - John Wesley, writer of sermons and hymns
- November 26 - Theophilus Cibber, playwright
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Deaths
- January 11 - Johann Georg Graevius, critic
- April 20 - Lancelot Addison, father of Joseph Addison
- May 8 - Vincent Alsop, religious writer and wit
- May 16 - Charles Perrault, French writer of fairy tales
- May 26 - Samuel Pepys, diarist
- November 19 - the original "Man in the Iron Mask"
- probable - John Crowne, dramatist