See also: 1710 in literature, other events of 1711, 1712 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

• The Spectator founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

New Books

• An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope
• An Argument against Abolishing Christianity by Jonathan Swift
• The History of the Heathen Gods by William King
• Representation of the State of Religion by Francis Atterbury

Births

• May 7 - David Hume, philosopher
• November 19 - Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (+ 1765)

Deaths

• March 13 - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
• March 19 - Bishop Thomas Ken, theologian and hymn-writer
• June 7 - Henry Dodwell, theologian