1708 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1708.Events
Prose
- Joseph Addison – The Present State of the War
- Francis Atterbury – Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions
- Joseph Bingham – Origines Ecclesiasticae, or Antiquities of the Christian Church, vol. 1
- Laurent Bordelon – Mital; ou Aventures incroyables
- Elizabeth Burnet – A Method of Devotion
- Jeremy Collier – An Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, Chiefly of England, vol. 1
- Ebenezer Cooke – The Sot-Weed Factor
- Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury – A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm
- Edmund Curll – The Charitable Surgeon
- Anne Dacier – Homer's Odyssey
- John Downes – Roscius Anglicanus
- John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester – Funeral Sermon for Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby
- John Gay – Wine
- Charles Gildon
- *Libertas Triumphans
- *The New Metamorphosis
- John Harris – Lexicon Technicum: Or, A Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, vol. 1
- Aaron Hill – The Celebrated Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, for the Armour of Achilles
- Benjamin Hoadly – The Unhappiness of the Present Establishment, and the Unhappiness of Absolute Monarchy
- Anne de La Roche-Guilhem – La Foire de Beaucaire
- François Leguat – Voyage et avantures de François Leguat et de ses compagnons, en deux isles désertes des Indes orientales
- John Locke – Some Familiar Letters
- Simon Ockley – The Conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt by the Saracens
- John Oldmixon – The British Empire in America
- Jonathan Swift
- *Predictions for the Year 1708
- *The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions
- *An Argument against Abolishing Christianity
Drama
- Thomas Baker – The Fine Lady's Airs
- Peter Anthony Motteux – Love's Triumph
- Nicholas Rowe – The Royal Convert
Poetry
- Richard Blackmore – The Kit-Cats
- Elijah Fenton – Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems
- William King – The Art of Cookery
- Matthew Prior – Poems on Several Occasions
Births
- April 23 – Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet
- July 8 – Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, French dramatist
- August 29 – Olof von Dalin, Swedish poet
- September 2 – André le Breton, French publisher
- October 16 – Albrecht von Haller, Swiss biologist and poet
- unknown dates
- *Richard Dawes, English classical scholar
- *Thomas Seward, English poet
Deaths
- January 1 – Johannes Kelpius, German polymath
- March 4 – Thomas Ward, English Catholic writer
- March 5 – Charles Le Gobien, French Jesuit writer
- March 15 – William Walsh, English poet and critic
- October 11 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German philosopher
- October 21
- *Kata Szidónia Petrőczy, Hungarian Baroque writer
- *Christian Weise, German dramatist and poet
- October 22 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian
- November 15 – Gregory Hascard, English religious writer and cleric
- unknown date – Nikolai Spathari, Moldavian travel writer and diplomat
