Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory in London, then imprisoned for four months for the crime of seditious libel after publishing his satirical political pamphlet The Shortest Way with the Dissenters (1702) (his release is granted in mid-November) (jul 29, 1703 – jul 31, 1703)
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jul 29, 1703
jul 31, 1703
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