Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1730 in literature, other events of 1731, 1732 in literature, list of years in literature. Table of contents 1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths Events The Gentleman's Magazine is launched by Edward Cave New Books Divine Benevolence - Thomas Bayes The London Merchant (play) - George Lillo The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb (play) Births Deaths April 21 : Daniel Defoe This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.