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| … 1781 . 1782 . 1783 . 1784 . 1785 . 1786 . 1787 … 1788 1789 1790 -1791- 1792 1793 1794 … 1795 . 1796 . 1797 . 1798 . 1799 . 1800 . 1801 … In poetry: 1788 1789 1790 -1791- 1792 1793 1794 |
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Contents |
Events
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge begins his course at Jesus College, Cambridge.
New books
- Elizabeth Inchbald - A Simple Story
- Ann Radcliffe - The Romance of the Forest
- Susanna Rowson - Charlotte, a Tale of Truth
- Marquis de Sade - Justine ou Les Malheurs de la vertu
- Charlotte Turner Smith - Celestina
New drama
- Antoine-Vincent Arnault - Marius à Minturne
Non-fiction
- James Boswell - Life of Johnson
- Olympe de Gouges - Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
- Thomas Paine - The Rights of Man
Births
- March 15 - Charles Knight, publisher and author
Deaths
- January 11 - William Williams Pantycelyn, hymn-writer and poet
- March 2 - John Wesley, preacher and writer
- April 19 - Richard Price, philosopher
- date unknown - Francis Grose, antiquary and lexicographer