Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1719
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Literature
- Joseph Addison, The Old Whig
- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, The Further Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe
- Jacob, The Poetical Register, vol. 1
- La Motte, Fables
- Allan Ramsay, Scots' Songs
- Richard Steele, The Plebeian
- Thomas Tickell, Elegy on Addison
- Young, Letter to Tickell
Theatre
- Thomas Southerne, The Spartan Dame
- Edward Young, Busiris
Art
- William Kent, painter, architect, and designer, returns to London from
Italy
Music
- Royal Academy of Music founded, with George Frederick
Händel (or Handel) as its head
- Thomas D'Urfey, Wit and Mirth, or, Pills to Purge Melancholy
(collected edition)
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- The Schism Act of 1714 is repealed
- England and France defeat Spain
- The Peerage Bill
- An abortive Jacobite invasion is stopped early
Philosophy & Theology
- William Law, Letter III to the Bishop of Bangor
- John Wesley enters Christ Church, Oxford
Milestones
- Death of Joseph Addison
- Death of Garth
- Birth of Leopold Mozart, composer
Miscellaneous
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