1732 in literature
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See also: 1731 in literature, other events of 1732, 1733 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- First appearance of Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin Franklin
[edit] New books
- The Lady's Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift
- Johann Jakob Bodmer's translation of Paradise Lost into German prose
- Britannia Romana, or The Roman Antiquities of Britain by John Horsley
[edit] Births
- January 24 - Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer (died 1799)
- February 19 - Richard Cumberland (dramatist) (died 1811)
- September 29 - Samuel Musgrave, classical scholar and pamphleteer (died 1780)
- unknown date - George Colman the Elder (died 1794)
[edit] Deaths
- February 22 - Francis Atterbury (born 1663)
- March 20 - Johann Ernst Hanxleden, poet and lexicographer (born 1681)
- December 4 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (born 1685)
