1714 in literature - Definition

See also: 1713 in literature, other events of 1714, 1715 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Sir Samuel Garth, poet and royal physician, is knighted by King George I of Great Britain

New Books

• A General History of Trade - Daniel Defoe
• The Shepherd's Week - John Gay
• The Tragedy of Jane Shore (play) - Nicholas Rowe
• Monadologia - Gottfried Leibniz

Births

• January 1 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, poet
• April 14 - Adam Gib, theologian
• November 13 - William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)

Deaths

• June 22 - Matthew Henry, Biblical commentator