1731 in literature

Table of contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Divine Benevolence - Thomas Bayes
• The London Merchant (play) - George Lillo
• The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb (play)

• November 26 - William Cowper, poet
• December 12 - Erasmus Darwin, naturalist

• April 21 - Daniel Defoe
• December 26 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, dramatist