1707 in literature
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.
- March 8 – George Farquhar's Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem is first staged, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.
- 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 , 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
- *Memoirs of the Court of England
- *The History of the Earl of Warwick; Sirnam'd the King-maker
- Richard Baxter – The Poetical Works of the Late Richard Baxter
- Thomas Brown – The Works of Mr Thomas Brown
- Anthony Collins – Essay Concerning the Use of Reason
- Jean de Beaugué – Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse
- François Pétis de la Croix – Contes Turcs
- Thomas D'Urfey – Stories, Moral and Comical
- Laurence Echard – The History of England vol. 1
- William Fleetwood – Chronicon Preciosum
- Aaron Hart – Urim v'tumim
- Alain-René Lesage – Le Diable boiteux
- Edward Lhuyd – Archaeologia Britannica: an Account of the Languages, Histories and Customs of Great Britain...
- Delarivière Manley – The Lady's Pacquet of Letters
- Isaac Newton – Arithmetica Universalis
- John Oldmixon – The Muses Mercury
- Matthäus Schiner – A Philippick Oration to Incite the English Against the French
- Hans Sloane – A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, v. 1
- Dr. Thomas Smith –
- Jonathan Swift – A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind
- Matthew Tindal – A Defence of the Rights of the Christian Church
- Catherine Trotter – A Discourse Concerning a Guide in Controversies
- Isaac Watts – Hymns and Spiritual Songs
- John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester – ''The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon''
Drama
- Joseph Addison – Rosamond
- Susanna Centlivre – The Platonick Lady
- Colley Cibber
- *The Lady's Last Stake
- *The Double Gallant
- 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
- Nicholas Rowe – The Royal Convert
- Nahum Tate – ''Injur'd Love''
Poetry
- Samuel Cobb – Poems on Several Occasions
- John Pomfret – Quae Rara, Chara
- Nicholas Rowe – A Poem Upon the Late Glorious Successes
- Nahum Tate – ''The Triumph of Union''
Births
- January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, English writer
- January 28 ' – John Baskerville, English printer and typographer
- February 14 – Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist
- February 25 – Carlo Goldoni, Venetian dramatist
- April 20 – Robert Foulis, Scottish printer and publisher
- April 22 – Henry Fielding, English novelist
- June 22 ' – Elizabeth Blackwell, Scottish botanic writer and illustrator
- August 14 – Johann August Ernesti, German philologist
- September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French philosopher
- December 18 – Charles Wesley, English hymnist, religious writer and cleric
- unknown date – Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, kabbalist and philosopher
Deaths
- January 20 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian
- April 20 – George Farquhar, Irish dramatist
- June 23 – John Mill, English theologian and exegete
- August 17 – Petter Dass, Norwegian poet
- September 15 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat
- September 23 – John Tutchin, English controversialist
- September 24 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet
- December 27 – Jean Mabillon, French scholar