Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1711
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Literature
- 1 March: Joseph Addison and Richard Steele publish The Spectator
(through 6 December 1712)
- Blackmore, The Nature of Man
- John Dennis, On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare, Essay
upon Public Spirit
- Drummond of Hawthornden, Collected Works (posthumous)
- Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism
- Matthew Prior travels to France
- January: Richard Steele ends publication of The Tatler
- Strype, The Life of Parker
- Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
- Waller, Collected Works (posthumous)
Theatre
- Susanna Centlivre, Marplot
- Colley Cibber, Hob; or, the Country Wake
Art
- Sir James Thornhill visits the Netherlands
Music
- George Frederick Händel's (Handel's) first English
production, Rinaldo, with libretto by Aaron Hill, at the
King's Theater
- John Shore invents the tuning fork
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- Boyer, The Political State of Great Britain (through 1729)
- Jonathan Swift, The Conduct of the Allies
- Harley (Oxford) is named Lord Treasurer
- Marlborough is dismissed
Philosophy & Theology
- Atterbury, Representations of the State of Religion
- Shaftesbury, Characteristics
- Whiston, Primitive Christianity Revived (through 1712)
Milestones
- Death of Boileau
- Birth of William Boyce, composer
- Death of Emperor ???
- Birth of David Hume
- Death of Bishop Ken
- Birth of Mondonville, composer
- Death of John Norris
Miscellaneous
- The church-building commission meets after the Fifty New
Churches Act; only twelve are built. There were two
Commissioners, Nicholas Hawksmoor and Thomas Archer.
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