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| List of years in literature (table) |
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The year 1700 in literature involved some significant events and new books.
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[edit] Events
- May 5 - Within a few days of John Dryden's death (May 1), his last written work, The Secular Masque, is performed as part of Vanbrugh's version of The Pilgrim.
- Richard Bentley becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
[edit] Nonfiction
- Mary Astell - Some Reflections upon Marriage, nonfiction[1]
- Aphra Behn - Histories, Novels, and Translations (posthumously published (died in 1689), fiction and nonfiction[1]
- Jeremy Collier - A Second Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage &c (See 1698 in literature)[1]
- Francis Moore - Vox Stellarum: An almanac for 1701, nonfiction[1] (first in a series of yearly "almanacs" of astrology)
- Sir William Temple - Letters Written by Sir W. Temple, and Other Ministers of State, Both at Home and Abroad, nonfiction (putatively edited by Jonathan Swift)[1]
- Ned Ward - A Step to the Bath: With a character of the place, published anonymously[1]
- The Clothier's Delight or the Rich Men's Joy and the Poor Men's Sorrow" (approximate date).
[edit] Fiction
- Aphra Behn - Histories, Novels, and Translations (posthumously published (died in 1689), fiction and nonfiction[1]
- Thomas Brown - Amusements Serious and Comical[1]
- Gatien de Courtilz - Mémoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan
- Peter Anthony Motteux, editor - The History of the Renown'd Don-Quixote de la Mancha, fiction, translated by several hands, Volume 1 (Volumes 2-4 published in 1712 in the third edition)[1]
[edit] New drama
- Anonymous - Caledonia, or the Pedlar Turned Merchant
- Abel Boyer - Achilles; or, Iphigenia in Aulis: a tragedy[1]
- William Burnaby - The Reformed Wife
- Susannah Centlivre - The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice: A tragedy[1]
- Colley Cibber - The Tragical History of King Richard III[1]
- William Congreve - The Way of the World, performed in March[1]
- John Dennis - Iphigenia: A tragedy, performed in December 1699[1]
- George Farquhar - The Constant Couple
- Charles Gildon - Measure for Measure
- Charles Hopkins - Friendship Improv'd; or, The Female Warriour: A tragedy, performed November 7, 1699[1]
- Francis Manning - The Generous Choice
- John Oldmixon - The Grove, or Love's Paradise published (a "semi-opera" with music by Henry Purcell)
- William Philips - St. Stephen's Green
- Mary Pix - The Beau Defeated
- Nicholas Rowe - The Ambitious Stepmother
- Thomas Southerne - The Fate of Capua: A tragedy, performed c. April[1]
- John Vanbrugh - The Pilgrim: A comedy, anonymous; performed in April[1]
[edit] Poetry
See 1700 in poetry
- Richard Blackmore - A Satyr Against Wit[1]
- Thomas Brown - A Description of Mr. Dryden's Funeral, verse[1]
- Samuel Cobb - Poetae Britannici[1]
- Daniel Defoe - The Pacificator[1]
- William King - The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies (satire of Philosophical Transactions)[1]
- John Pomfret - Reason[1]
- John Tutchin - The Foreigners, published anonymously (a verse satire on William III's Dutch ministers; provoked Daniel Defoe to reply with The True-Born Englishman in 1701))[1]
- Ned Ward, The Reformer[1]
[edit] Births
- February 2 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (died 1766)
- May 25 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German theologian (died 1760)
- September 11 - James Thomson (died 1748)
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 – Raffaello Fabretti, historian (born 1618)
- February 11 – Henry Killigrew (born 1613), clergyman, poet and playwright
- May 12:
- Joseph Athias, publisher of the Hebrew Bible (born 1635)
- John Dryden (born 1631)
- August 8 – Joseph Moxon, lexicographer (born 1627)
- date unknown – Thomas Creech, translator (born 1659)
