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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Non-fiction 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Friedrich Schiller arrives in Weimar.

[edit] New books

• Elizabeth Bonhôte - Olivia, or, The Deserted Bride
• Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse - Ardinghello and die glückseligen Inseln
• Elizabeth Helme - Louisa; or the Cottage on the Moor
• Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Paul et Virginie
• Scots Musical Museum, vol. 1

[edit] New drama

• Pierre Beaumarchais - Tarare (opera)
• Friedrich Schiller - Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien
• Royall Tyler - The Contrast

[edit] Non-fiction

• Thomas Best - A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling
• Mathurin Jacques Brisson - Pesanteur Spécifique des Corps
• John Hawkins - Life of Samuel Johnson
• Mary Wollstonecraft - Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

[edit] Births

• April 26 - Ludwig Uhland, German poet (d. 1862)
• November 21 - Bryan Procter ("Barry Cornwall"), poet (d. 1874)
• December 16 - Mary Russell Mitford, novelist (d. 1855)

[edit] Deaths

• April 2 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, historian (b. 1731)
• June 19 - John Brown, Scottish theologian (b. 1722)
• October 30 - Ferdinando Galiani, economist (b. 1728)
• November 3 - Robert Lowth, theologian (b. 1710)
• December 19 - Soame Jenyns, essayist (b. 1704)