1727 in literature

See also: 1726 in literature, other events of 1727, 1728 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• Richard Savage is arrested for the murder of James Sinclair in a drunken quarrel. He escapes the death penalty by the intercession of Frances, Countess of Hertford.

New Books

• The Universe, a Poem intended to restrain the Pride of Man - Henry Baker

Births

• March 7 - André Morellet, economist and writer
• December 27 - Arthur Murphy, biographer

Deaths

• February 13 - William Wotton, scholar and frequent target of Jonathan Swift