1703 in literature - Definition

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

Events

• July 31 - Daniel Defoe is pilloried for seditious libel

New Books

• Hymn to the Pillory by Daniel Defoe
• The Tender Husband (play) by Richard Steele

Births

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

Deaths

• April 20 - Lancelot Addison, father of Joseph Addison
• May 16 - Charles Perrault, French writer of fairy tales
• May 26 - Samuel Pepys, diarist
• November 19 - the original "Man in the Iron Mask"