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==Events==
*''The Freethinker'' (newspaper) is founded by [[Ambrose Philips]] and [[Hugh Boulter]].
*[[Laurence Eusden]] becomes [[Poet Laureate]] of Great Britain.
*[[Voltaire]] is released from the [[Bastille]], while [[Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal]], begins a two-year sentence.
*[[Ludvig Holberg]] becomes a professor at the [[University of Copenhagen]].
==New Books==
*New version of ''Christ's Kirk on the Green'' by [[Allan Ramsay (1686-1758)|Allan Ramsay]]
*''The History of the Saracens'', volume 2 - [[Simon Ockley]]
*''Love in a Veil'' (play) - [[Richard Savage]]
*''Nazarenus, or Jewish, Gentile and Mahometan Christianity'' - [[John Toland]]
==Births==
*[[May 16]] - [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]], philosopher
*[[July 18]] - [[Saverio Bettinelli]], Italian Jesuit writer
*[[December 9]] - [[Vincenzo Coronelli]]
==Deaths==
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