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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1707.
Events
- January – The publisher Edmund Curll announces he will publish Matthew Prior's Poems on Several Occasions, even though the rights belong to someone else.[1]
- March 8 – George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem is first staged, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.[2]
- May 1 – The new sovereign Kingdom of Great Britain comes into being under the Acts of Union. It combines the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into a single realm under Anne, Queen of Great Britain. Supporters of this include Daniel Defoe and John Arbuthnot.
- May 30 – Thomas Wilson, Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man, publishes Principles and Duties of Christianity... in English and Manks (Coyrie Sodjey), the first book in the Manx language.
- September 9 – Richard Steele marries Mary Scurlock. Their literary marriage gains fame through their correspondence.
New books
Prose
- Anonymous
- Richard Baxter – The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Baxter[2]
- Thomas Brown – The Works of Mr Thomas Brown[2]
- Anthony Collins – Essay Concerning the Use of Reason[2]
- Jean de Beaugué – Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse (translation by Patrick Abercromby)
- François Pétis de la Croix (translated and adapted) – Contes Turcs (Turkish Tales)
- Thomas D'Urfey – Stories, Moral and Comical[2]
- Laurence Echard – The History of England vol. 1[2]
- William Fleetwood – Chronicon Preciosum
- Aaron Hart – Urim v'tumim (the first book printed in Hebrew in London)[3]
- Alain-René Lesage – Le Diable boiteux (The Devil upon Two Sticks)
- Edward Lhuyd – Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain...
- Delarivière Manley – The Lady's Pacquet of Letters (fiction)[2]
- Isaac Newton – Arithmetica Universalis
- John Oldmixon – The Muses Mercury (periodical)[2]
- Matthäus Schiner – A Philippick Oration to Incite the English Against the French (translated by John Toland)
- Hans Sloane – A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, v. 1
- Dr. Thomas Smith – Vitæ quorundam Eruditissimorum et Illustrium Virorum
- Jonathan Swift – A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind
- Matthew Tindal – A Defence of the Rights of the Christian Church (sequel to 1706 work)[2]
- Catherine Trotter – A Discourse Concerning a Guide in Controversies[2]
- Isaac Watts – Hymns and Spiritual Songs (frequently reprinted)[2]
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester – The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon[2]
Drama
- Joseph Addison – Rosamond (opera)[2]
- Susanna Centlivre – The Platonick Lady[2]
- Colley Cibber
- The Lady's Last Stake[2]
- The Double Gallant[2]
- Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon – Atrée et Thyeste
- George Farquhar – The Beaux' Stratagem
- Alain-René Lesage – Crispin rival de son maître
- Peter Anthony Motteux – Thomyris, Queen of Scythia (opera)[2]
- Nicholas Rowe – The Royal Convert
- Nahum Tate – Injur'd Love (an adaptation of Webster's The White Devil)[2]
Poetry
- Samuel Cobb – Poems on Several Occasions
- John Pomfret – Quae Rara, Chara (poem)
- Nicholas Rowe – A Poem Upon the Late Glorious Successes
- Nahum Tate – The Triumph of Union[2]
Births
- January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, English writer (died 1762)
- January 28 (baptized) – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (died 1775)
- February 14 – Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (died 1777)
- February 25 – Carlo Goldoni, Venetian dramatist (died 1793)
- April 20 – Robert Foulis, Scottish printer and publisher (died 1776)
- April 22 – Henry Fielding, English novelist (died 1754)
- June 22 (baptized) – Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758)
- August 14 – Johann August Ernesti, German philologist (died 1781)
- September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French philosopher (died 1788)
- December 18 – Charles Wesley, English hymnist, religious writer and cleric (died 1788)
- unknown date – Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, kabbalist and philosopher (died 1746)[4]
Deaths
- January 20 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian (born 1659)
- April 20 – George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (born 1677)
- June 23 – John Mill, English theologian and exegete (born c. 1645)
- August 17 – Petter Dass, Norwegian poet (born 1647)
- September 15 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (born 1663)
- September 23 – John Tutchin, English controversialist (born c. 1660–64)
- September 24 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)
- December 27 – Jean Mabillon, French scholar (born 1632)
References
- ^ Frances Mayhew Rippy (1986). Matthew Prior. Twayne Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8057-6902-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- ^ Gow, Andrew Colin (2004). "Hart, Aaron (1670–1756)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-12-09. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto; Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto (1997). דרך ה׳. Feldheim Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-87306-769-0.
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