  the year 1718 in literature involved some significant events and new books. ==events== *november 1 - lady mary wortley montagu writes the last of her turkish letters, addressed to alexander pope. *november 18 - voltaire's first play, oedipus, premiÃ¨res at the comÃ©die-franÃ§aise in paris. this is his first use of the pseudonym. he has been released from the bastille this year, while marguerite de launay, baronne staal, begins a two-year sentence. * the freethinker (newspaper) is founded by ambrose philips and hugh boulter. * laurence eusden becomes poet laureate of great britain. * ludvig holberg becomes a professor at the university of copenhagen. ==new books== * joseph addison **poems on several occasions **the resurrection * nicholas amhurst - protestant popery; or, the convocation (part of the bangorian controversy) * daniel defoe (attr.) - a vindication of the press * charles gildon - the complete art of poetry * mary hearne - the lover's week * simon ockley - the history of the saracens, volume 2 * richardson pack - miscellanies in verse and prose * ambrose philips - the free-thinker (periodical) * alexander pope - the iliad of homer iv * thomas purney - the cevalier de st. george * allan ramsay -christ's kirk on the green (revised version) * john ray - philosophical letters * john strype - the life and acts of john witgift * john toland - nazarenus, or jewish, gentile and mahometan christianity * john wilmot, 2nd earl of rochester - remains of the earl of rochester * josÃ© de lÃ©Ã³n y mansilla - soledad tercera ==new drama== * charles beckingham - scipio africanus * john durant breval - the play is the plot * susanna centlivre - a bold stroke for a wife * colley cibber - the non-juror * charles molloy - the coquet, or the english chevalier * richard savage - love in a veil * elkanah settle and lewis theobald - the lady's triumph * lewis theobald **orestes (opera) **pan and syrinx (opera) * voltaire - Ådipe ==births== *february 18 **sÃ¸ren abildgaard, danish naturalist, author and artist (died 1791) **robert henry, scottish historian (died 1790) *april 7 - hugh blair, scottish rhetorician (died 1800) *may 16 - maria gaetana agnesi, philosopher (died 1799) *july 18 - saverio bettinelli, italian jesuit writer (died 1808) ==deaths== *april 27 â jacques bernard, french theologian (born 1658) *may 16 - jonas danilssÃ¸nn ramus, norwegian historian (born 1649) *july 28 â Ãtienne baluze, french scholar (born 1630) *[[october
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