1704 in literature - Definition and Overview

See also: 1703 in literature, other events of 1704, 1705 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• The Campaign - Joseph Addison
• The Biter (play) - Nicholas Rowe
• The Careless Husband (play) - Colley Cibber
• Miscellany Poems - William Wycherley
• A Tale of a Tub - Jonathan Swift
• The Battle of the Books - Jonathan Swift
• Histoire critique des dogmes et des cultes - Pierre Jurieu

Births

• February 12 - Charles Pinot Duclos
• June 22 - John Taylor, classical scholar

Deaths

• April 12 - Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, French writer
• June 18 - Tom Brown (satirist)
• October 28 - John Locke, philosopher