1724 in literature
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See also: 1723 in literature, other events of 1724, 1725 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New books
- Sermons of Samuel Clarke
- Discourse of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian Religion, with An Apology for Free Debate and Liberty of Writing - Anthony Collins
- Roxana - Daniel Defoe
- L'Histoire d'Angleterre by Paul de Rapin
- La Henriade - Voltaire
New drama
- Caesar in Aegypt - Colley Cibber
- Henrik and Pernille - Ludvig Holberg
Births
- January 24 - Frances Brooke, novelist and dramatist
- April 22 - Immanuel Kant
- July 2 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, poet (died 1803)
- October 31 - Christopher Anstey, poet
- December 13 - Franz Aepinus, philosopher
- date unknown - Frances Sheridan, novelist, dramatist and mother of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Deaths
- January 6 - Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese author
- February 12 - Elkanah Settle, dramatist
- October 29 - William Wollaston, English philosophical writer (born 1659)
- date unknown - Charles Gildon, critic and dramatist
- Pierre Hellies - Provencal poet
