See also: 1729 in literature, other events of 1730, 1731 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Voltaire's Brutus is finally staged.
• Colley Cibber becomes Poet Laureate of Great Britain
• Metastasio settles in Vienna

New Books

• Christianity as Old as Creation - Matthew Tindal
• Life of Samuel Clarke - William Whiston
• Versuch einer kritischen Dichtkunst für die Deutschen - Johann Christoph Gottsched

Births

Deaths

• October 23 - Anne Oldfield, actress