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EVENTS

Jonathan Swift is ordained a clergyman.

NEW BOOKS

''The Fatal Marriage'' (play) by Thomas Southerne

''Account of Denmark'' by William King

''Het Menselyk Bedryf'' ("Book Of Trades") by Jan Luyken - engravings with verse captions

''The Journal of George Fox '', edited by Thomas Ellwood

''Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning'' by William Wotton

''The Ambitious Slave: or A Generous Revenge'' (play) by Elkanah Settle

BIRTHS

November 1 - Voltaire , French philosopher and writer

''unknown date'' - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield

DEATHS