1717 in literature

See also: 1716 in literature, other events of 1717, 1718 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

New Books and Plays

• The Non-Juror - Colley Cibber
• Rape of The Lock - Alexander Pope

Births

• September 24 - Horace Walpole, English writer
• November 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician and encyclopædist

Deaths

• March 3 - Pierre Allix, French religious writer