1712 in literature

See also: 1711 in literature, other events of 1712, 1713 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books

• Davideis: the Life of David King of Israel by Thomas Ellwood
• Reasons against the Succession of the House of Hanover by Daniel Defoe
• The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

Births

• June 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Deaths

• July 1 - William King (poet)
• August 3 - Joshua Barnes