1703 in literature

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See also: 1702 in literature, other events of 1703, 1704 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

Events

• July 31 - Daniel Defoe is pilloried for seditious libel

New books

• Daniel Defoe - Hymn to the Pillory

New drama

• Richard Steele - The Tender Husband

Births

• June 28 - John Wesley, writer of sermons and hymns
• November 26 - Theophilus Cibber, playwright

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