See also: 1714 in literature, other events of 1715, 1716 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Nicholas Rowe becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain.

New Books

• What d'ye call it? (play) by John Gay
• The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey by Nicholas Rowe

Births

• January - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosophical writer
• September 30 - Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosophical writer

Deaths

• Nahum Tate, poet