1721 in literature
See also: 1720 in literature, other events of 1721, 1722 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
New Books
- Lettres persanes (Persian Letters) by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu
- Prodromus principiorum rerum naturalium by Emanuel Swedenborg
Births
- March 19 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish physician and author (died 1771)
- November 9 – Mark Akenside, poet
- William Collins (poet)
Deaths
- August 13 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer
- September 18 – Matthew Prior, British poet and diplomat (born 1664)
- December 12 – Alexander Selkirk, the model for Robinson Crusoe
Categories: 1721 books