1703 in literature

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

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"

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