1702 in literature

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• March 11 - First publication of the Daily Courant (first regular English language newspaper)
• Sir John Vanbrugh turns from drama to architecture by designing Castle Howard.

• The Shortest Way with the Dissenters by Daniel Defoe

• June 26 - Philip Doddridge, Nonconformist preacher and writer