1703 in literature
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The year 1703 in literature involved some significant events.
New books
- Bernard de MandevilleBernard de MandevilleBernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville , was a philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in the Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works...
- Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine - Benjamin WhichcoteBenjamin WhichcoteBenjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:...
- Moral and Religious Aphorisms
New drama
- Thomas BakerThomas Baker (attorney)Thomas Baker was a British attorney writer. He was active as a playwright in London in the first decade of the eighteenth century, penning The Fine Lady's Airs and other plays, then moved to Bedfordshire and lived there as a schoolmaster and vicar until his death in 1749...
- Tunbridge Walks - William Burnaby - Love Betray'd
- Susanna CentlivreSusanna CentlivreSusanna Centlivre born Susanna Freeman, also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress and one of the premier dramatists of the 18th century. During her long career at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, she became known as the Second Woman of the English Stage after Aphra Behn...
- The Stolen Heiress - Thomas d'UrfeyThomas d'UrfeyThomas D'Urfey was an English writer and wit. He composed plays, songs, and poetry, in addition to writing jokes. He was an important innovator and contributor in the evolution of the Ballad opera....
- The Old Mode & the New - Richard EstcourtRichard EstcourtRichard Estcourt was an English actor, who began by playing comedy parts in Dublin.His first London appearance was in 1704 as Dominick, in Dryden's Spanish Friar, and he continued to take important parts at Drury Lane, being the original Pounce in Steele's Tender Husband , Sergeant Kite in...
- The Fair Example - Charles GildonCharles GildonCharles Gildon , was an English hack writer who was, by turns, a translator, biographer, essayist, playwright, poet, author of fictional letters, fabulist, short story author, and critic. He provided the source for many lives of Restoration figures, although he appears to have propagated or...
- The Patriot (adapt. Nathaniel LeeNathaniel LeeNathaniel Lee was an English dramatist.He was the son of Dr Richard Lee, a Presbyterian clergyman who was rector of Hatfield and held many preferments under the Commonwealth...
) - John OldmixonJohn OldmixonJohn Oldmixon was an English historian.He was a son of John Oldmixon of Oldmixon, Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. His first writings were poetry and dramas, among them being Amores Britannici; Epistles historical and gallant ; and a tragedy, The Governor of Cyprus...
- The Governour of Cyprus - Mary PixMary PixMary Pix was an English novelist and playwright. Church records indicate that she lived in London, marrying George Pix, a merchant tailor from Hawkhurst, Kent in 1684. Baptismal records reveal that she had two sons, George and William...
- The Different Widows - Nicholas Rowe - The Fair PenitentThe Fair PenitentThe Fair Penitent is Nicholas Rowe's stage adaptation of the tragedy The Fatal Dowry, the Philip Massinger and Nathan Field collaboration first published in 1632...
- Richard SteeleRichard SteeleSir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator....
- The Tender Husband
Poetry
- Lady Mary ChudleighLady Mary ChudleighMary Chudleigh was part of an intellectual circle that included Mary Astell, Elizabeth Thomas, Judith Drake, Elizabeth Elstob, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and John Norris...
- Poems on Several Occasions - William CongreveWilliam CongreveWilliam Congreve was an English playwright and poet.-Early life:Congreve was born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England . His parents were William Congreve and his wife, Mary ; a sister was buried in London in 1672...
- A Hymn to Harmony
- The Tears of Amaryllis for Amyntas
- Sarah Fyge EgertonSarah Fyge EgertonSarah Fyge Egerton was a female poet who wrote in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. She was one of six children born to Mary Beacham and Thomas Fyge...
- Poems on Several Occasions - See also 1703 in poetry1703 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Lady Mary Chudleigh, Poems upon Several Occasions* William Congreve, A Hymn to Harmony* Daniel Defoe:...
Non-fiction
- Joseph AddisonJoseph AddisonJoseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison...
- A Letter from Italy - Abel BoyerAbel BoyerAbel Boyer was a French-English lexicographer, journalist and miscellaneous writer.-Biography:Abel Boyer was probably born on 24 June 1667 at Castres, in Upper Languedoc. His father, Pierre Boyer, one of the two consuls or chief magistrates of Castres, had been suspended and fined for his...
- The History of the Reign of Queen Anne - Gilbert BurnetGilbert BurnetGilbert Burnet was a Scottish theologian and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was respected as a cleric, a preacher, and an academic, as well as a writer and historian...
- A Third Collection of Several Tracts and Discourses - Edmund CalamyEdmund CalamyEdmund Calamy may refer to:* Edmund Calamy the Elder , English Puritan divine* Edmund Calamy the Younger, English Puritan divine, son of Edmund Calamy the Elder...
- A Defence of Moderate Non-Conformity - Jeremy CollierJeremy CollierJeremy Collier was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian.-Life:Born in Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire, Collier was educated at Caius College, University of Cambridge, receiving the BA and MA . A supporter of James II, he refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and...
- Mr Collier's Dissuasive from the Play-House - Thomas HearneThomas HearneThomas Hearne or Hearn , English antiquary, was born at Littlefield Green in the parish of White Waltham, Berkshire.-Life:...
- Reliquiae Bodleianae - Benjamin HoadlyBenjamin HoadlyBenjamin Hoadly was an English clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury, and Winchester. He is best known as the initiator of the Bangorian Controversy.-Life:...
- The Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church of England - William DampierWilliam DampierWilliam Dampier was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer...
- A Voyage to New Holland, &c. in the Year 1699 - Daniel DefoeDaniel DefoeDaniel Defoe , born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and along with others such as Richardson,...
- A Brief Explanation of a Late Pamphlet, entitled, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
- A Dialogue Between a Dissenter and the Observator
- A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon
- Hymn to the Pillory
- More Reformation: A satyr upon himself
- The Shortest Way to Peace and Union
- A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of the True-Born English-man
- John DuntonJohn DuntonJohn Dunton was an English bookseller and author. In 1691, he founded an Athenian Society to publish The Athenian Mercury, the first major popular periodical and first miscellaneous periodical in England.-Early life:...
- The Shortest Way with Whores and Rogues (sat. of Defoe) - Ned WardNed WardNed Ward , also known as Edward Ward, was a satirical writer and publican in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century based in London, England. His most famous work is The London Spy. Published in 18 monthly instalments starting in November 1698 it was described as a "complete survey" of...
- The Secret History of the Calves-head Clubb (vs. Republicanism)
Births
- March 23 - Cajsa WargCajsa WargAnna Christina Warg , better known as Cajsa or Kajsa Warg, was a Swedish cookbook author, who is today among the most well-known cooks in Swedish history....
, Swedish cookbook author (died 17691769 in literatureSee also: 1768 in literature, other events of 1769, 1770 in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:* February–April - John Wilkes is expelled from the Parliament of Great Britain three times....
) - June 28 - John WesleyJohn WesleyJohn Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...
, writer of sermons and hymns (died 17911791 in literature-Events:*Chinese writer and publisher Gao E and his partner Cheng Weiyan claim to have discovered Cao Xueqin's lost novel Dream of the Red Chamber* Samuel Taylor Coleridge begins his course at Jesus College, Cambridge.-New books:...
) - October 5 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian (died 17581758 in literatureSee also: 1757 in literature, other events of 1758, 1759 in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:* Voltaire buys estate at Ferney.* Annual Register founded by Edmund Burke and Robert Dodsley....
) - November 26 - Theophilus CibberTheophilus CibberTheophilus Cibber was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.He began acting at an early age, and followed his father into theatrical management. In 1727, Alexander Pope satirized Theophilus Cibber in his Dunciad as a youth who "thrusts his person full...
, playwright (died 17581758 in literatureSee also: 1757 in literature, other events of 1758, 1759 in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:* Voltaire buys estate at Ferney.* Annual Register founded by Edmund Burke and Robert Dodsley....
) - date unknown
- Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist (died 17831783 in literature-Events:*Friedrich Schiller leaves Stuttgart for Weimar to avoid persecution.*William Cobbett arrives in London.*August von Kotzebue is appointed to the high court of appeal in Reval.-New books:* Thomas Day - The History of Standford and Merton...
) - Charles ClémencetCharles ClémencetCharles Clémencet was a French Benedictine historian.He was born in Painblanc, Côte-d'Or, and was one of the authors who helped complete the great chronological work Art de vérifier les dates . He also wrote part of the monumental Histoire littéraire de la France, and the history of the abbey of...
, historian (died 17781778 in literatureSee also: 1777 in literature, other events of 1778, 1779 in literature, list of years in literature.-New books:* Fanny Burney - Evelina* Pierre-Louis Ginguené - Satire des Satires* Clara Reeve - The Old English Baron-New drama:...
) - Thomas CookeThomas Cooke (author)Thomas Cooke , often called "Hesiod" Cooke, was a very active English translator and author who ran afoul of Alexander Pope and was mentioned as one of the "dunces" in Pope's Dunciad. His father was an inn keeper, and Cooke arrived in London in 1722 and began working as a writer for the Whig causes...
, translator of HesiodHesiodHesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and...
(died 17561756 in literatureSee also: 1755 in literature, other events of 1756, 1757 in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:* The beginning of the Seven Years' War.* The Black Hole of Calcutta incident inspires renewed British efforts in India....
) - İbrahim Hakkı ErzurumiIbrahim Hakki Erzurumiİbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi was a Turkish Sufi philosopher and encyclopedist. In 1756 he published his work Marifetname which was a compilation and commentary on astronomy, mathematics, anatomy, psychology, philosophy, and Islamic mysticism...
, Sufi philosopher (died 17801780 in literatureThe year 1780 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Karl von Marinelli becomes head of the Schultz theatre company of Baden.*Richard Brinsley Sheridan is elected to Parliament-New books:...
) - Ando ShoekiAndo Shoekiwas a Japanese philosopher of the 18th century. He rejected much of the Buddhist and Confucian thinking prevailing in Edo period Japan. He also opposed feudalism in the political system.-Notes:...
, philosopher (died 17621762 in literatureSee also: 1761 in literature, other events of 1762, 1763 in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:* Founding of the Sorbonne library.* Académie française produces new edition of its dictionary of the French language...
) - Gilbert WestGilbert WestGilbert West was a minor English poet, translator and Christian apologist in the early and middle eighteenth century. Samuel Johnson included him in his Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets.-Biography:...
, poet (died 17561756 in literatureSee also: 1755 in literature, other events of 1756, 1757 in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:* The beginning of the Seven Years' War.* The Black Hole of Calcutta incident inspires renewed British efforts in India....
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- Henry Brooke, novelist and dramatist (died 1783
Deaths
- January 11 - Johann Georg GraeviusJohann Georg GraeviusJohann Georg Graevius was a German classical scholar and critic. He was born at Naumburg....
, critic (born 1632) - March 3 - Robert HookeRobert HookeRobert Hooke FRS was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath.His adult life comprised three distinct periods: as a scientific inquirer lacking money; achieving great wealth and standing through his reputation for hard work and scrupulous honesty following the great fire of 1666, but...
, natural philosopher (born 16351635 in literatureThe year 1635 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:*February 22 - In Paris, the Académie française is founded.*May 6 - The King's Men perform Othello at the Blackfriars Theatre.*Birth of René Descartes' daughter, Francine....
) - March 5 - Gabrielle SuchonGabrielle SuchonGabrielle Suchon was a French moral philosopher and Catholic feminist.-External links:* - Further reading :* Traité de la morale et de la politique , Gabrielle Suchon ....
, moral philosopher (born 16311631 in literatureThe year 1631 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:*January 9 - Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is staged at Whitehall Palace....
) - April 20 - Lancelot AddisonLancelot AddisonReverend Lancelot Addison was born at Crosby Ravensworth in Westmorland. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.Rev...
, father of Joseph AddisonJoseph AddisonJoseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison...
(born 16321632 in literatureThe year 1632 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:*On February 14, Tempe Restored, a masque written by Aurelian Townshend and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace....
) - May 8 - Vincent AlsopVincent AlsopVincent Alsop was an English Nonconformist clergyman.-Life:Alsop came from Northamptonshire and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He received deacon's orders from a bishop, and settled as assistant-master in the free school of Oakham, Rutland. The Rev. Benjamin King took him under his...
, religious writer and wit (born c.1630) - May 16 - Charles PerraultCharles PerraultCharles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue...
, French writer of fairy tales (born 1628) - May 26 - Samuel PepysSamuel PepysSamuel Pepys FRS, MP, JP, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is now most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man...
, diarist (born 1633) - November 19 - the original "Man in the Iron MaskMan in the Iron MaskThe Man in the Iron Mask is a name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669 or 1670, and held in a number of jails, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol . He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years...
" - date unknown - Samuel Johnson, pamphleteer (born 16491649 in literatureThe year 1649 in literature involved some significant events.-Events:*January 1 - Local authorities raid the four remaining London theatres to suppress clandestine play-acting...
) - probable - John CrowneJohn CrowneJohn Crowne was a British dramatist and a native of Nova Scotia.His father "Colonel" William Crowne, accompanied the earl of Arundel on a diplomatic mission to Vienna in 1637, and wrote an account of his journey...
, dramatist