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EVENTS

Richard Steele marries Mary Scurlock -- one of the most famous literary marriages of all time, thanks to their correspondence.

NEW BOOKS

''Essay Concerning the Use of Reason'' - Anthony Collins

Jean de Beaugue — ''Histoire de la guerre d'Ecosse'' (translation by Patrick Abercromby )

A. Phillipick Schiner — ''Oration to Incite the English Against the French'' (translation by John Toland )

NEW DRAMA

''The Beaux' Stratagem'' — George Farquhar

''The Lady's Last Stake'' — Colley Cibber

BIRTHS

January 13 — John Boyle, 5th Earl Of Cork , writer

February 14 — Claude Prosper Jolyot De Crébillon , novelist

February 25 — Carlo Goldoni , dramatist

April 22 — Henry Fielding , novelist

August 14 — Johann August Ernesti , philologist

September 7 — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon , French philosopher

DEATHS

April 20 — George Farquhar , dramatist

June 23 — John Mill , theologian

September 15 — George Stepney , British poet and diplomat (born 1663)

September 24 — Vicenzo Da Filicaja , Italian poet (born 1642)

December 27 — Jean Mabillon , the founder of Palaeography

''date unknown'' — Alexander Exquemelin , pirate author