1780 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1780.
Events
- September/October â Richard Brinsley Sheridan is elected to Parliament in the 1780 British general election.
- December â Karl von Marinelli becomes head of the Schultz theatre company (Schultzsche Gesellschaft) of Baden.[1]
- unknown dates
- Det Dramatiske Selskab in Christiania, an amateur acting troupe, is formed and gives the first regular stage performances in Norway.
- A legal deposit law entitles the ZaÅuski Library in Warsaw to a copy of every book published in the PolishâLithuanian Commonwealth.[2]
New books
Fiction
- Elizabeth Blower â The Parsonage House
- Herbert Croft â Love and Madness
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire â The Sylph
- Thomas Holcroft â Alwyn
- Samuel Jackson Pratt â Emma Corbett, or, The miseries of civil war
Children
- Mrs. Trimmer â An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature, and Reading the Holy Scriptures. Adapted to the Capacities of Children
Drama
- Hannah Cowley â The Belle's Stratagem
- Sophia Lee â The Chapter of Accidents
- Isaac Reed â A Select Collection of Old Plays (from Robert Dodsley's press)
Poetry
- Hannah Cowley â The Maid of Aragon
- George Crabbe â The Candidate
- Herbert Croft â The Abbey of Kilkhampton; or, Monumental Records for the Year 1980 (satire)
- Susannah Harrison â Songs in the Night
- William Hayley â An Essay on History
- Anna Seward â Elegy on Captain Cook
- Christoph Martin Wieland â Oberon
Non-fiction
- William Beckford â Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters
- Jacob Bryant â An Address to Dr. Priestley
- Edmund Burke â Speech on Oeconomical Reformation
- Giacomo Casanova â Opuscoli miscellanei (containing Il duello and Lettere della nobil donna Silvia Belegno alla nobil donzella Laura Gussoni)
- William Combe â Letters of the Late Lord Lyttelton (forgeries)
- Martin Madan â Thelyphthora (in favor of polygamy)
- Johannes von Müller â Geschichten der Schweizer
- John Nichols â A Select Collection of Poems
- Richard Price â An Essay on the Population of England
- Joseph Priestley â Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever
- William Shakespeare â Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare's Plays Published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens (by Edmond Malone)
- Horace Walpole â On Modern Gardening
- John Wesley â Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion
- Arthur Young â A Tour in Ireland
Births
- March 6 â Lucy Barnes, American writer (died 1809)
- March 10 â Frances Trollope, English novelist (died 1863)
- June 1 â Carl von Clausewitz, German soldier and military historian and theorist (died 1831)
- June 3 â William Hone, English satirist (died 1842)
- August 14 â George Croly, Irish poet, novelist and historian (died 1860)
- November 27 â William Cardell, American grammarian and writer of boys' stories (died 1828)[3]
- December 20 â John Wilson Croker, Irish statesman and author (died 1857)
- December 26 â Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and polymath (died 1872)
- probable
- Maria Elizabeth Budden, English novelist and writer of didactic children's books (died 1832)
- Anna Maria Porter, English poet and novelist (died 1832)
Deaths
- January 31 â Jonathan Carver, American explorer and writer (born 1710)
- February 14 â William Blackstone, English jurist and legal author (born 1723)
- February 17 â Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (born 1706)
- April 29 â Claude Joseph Dorat, "Le Chevalier Dorat", French poet and novelist (born 1734)
- May 11 â Nicolas Fernández de MoratÃn, Spanish literary reformer (born 1737)
- July 14 â Charles Batteux, French philosopher (born 1713)[4]
- September 4 â Sir John Fielding, English social reformer and half-brother of Henry Fielding (born 1721)
- September 8 â Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, French novelist (born 1711)
- September 23 â Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, French salon hostess (born 1697)
- December 22 â James Harris, English grammarian (born 1709)