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This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:17th-century English male writers and Category:17th-century English women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, essays, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is probably the best known.
August 6 – Johann Beer, Austrian author, court official and composer (born 1655; hunting accident) August 8 – Joseph Moxon , English mathematician and lexicographer (born 1627 ) August 22 – Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora , Mexican priest, poet, geographer, and historian (born 1645 ) [ 7 ]
1700: The Way of the World by William Congreve; 1702: The Shortest Way with the Dissenters by Daniel Defoe; 1703: Hymn to the Pillory by Daniel Defoe; 1704: The Campaign by Joseph Addison; Miscellany Poems by William Wycherley; 1705: The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh; The Gamester by Susanna Centlivre; 1706: The Recruiting Officer (play ...
1605–1615 – Miguel de Cervantes writes the two parts of Don Quixote. 1616: April – Death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes.; 1630-1651: William Bradford writes Of Plymouth Plantation, journals that are considered the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and their government.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:18th-century African-American writers and Category:18th-century American male writers and Category:18th-century Native American writers and Category:18th-century American women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
Author of Horologium Oscillatorium and Treatise on Light. Thomas Jefferson: 1743–1826: American: Statesman, political philosopher, educator. As a philosopher best known for the United States Declaration of Independence (1776), especially "All men are created equal", and his support of democracy in theory and practice. A polymath, he promoted ...
Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh Rachel Aaron, Fortune's Pawn Atia Abawi Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon Laura Abbot, My Name is Nell Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys ...