Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1716
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Literature
- June: Joseph Addison, The Freeholder, ends publication
- Blackmore, Poems on Various Subjects, Essays
- Hill, Gideon
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Town Eclogues
- Alexander Pope, Epistle to Jervas, Harsh and Barbarous
Revenge on Curll
- Alexander Pope, John Gay, and others, Court Poems
- Shaftesbury, Letters to a Student at the University
Theatre
- Joseph Addison, The Drummer
- Mary Davys, The Northern Heiress
- James Farewell, Hesperi-Neso-Graphia
- Aaron Hill, The Fatal Vision
Art
- Sir James Thornhill paints the ceiling of the Hall at Blenheim
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Brockes
Passion
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- The Septennial Act requires general elections every seven years, not
every three
- England forms a treaty with Denmark against Sweden
- Townshend loses seals ???
- John Oldmixon, A Critical History of England
Philosophy & Theology
- Browne, Christian Morals (posthumous)
Milestones
- Birth of Lancelot "Capability" Brown, landscape architect
- Birth of Thomas Gray
- Death of Leibniz
- Birth of Frances Chamberlain Sheridan, playwright
- Death of South ???
- Death of Wycherley
Miscellaneous
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