1746 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Voltaire is elected to the French Academy.
• The oldest manuscript of Jean de Joinville's Life of Saint Louis is rediscovered in Brussels.

[edit] New books

• Astronomie nautique, volume 2 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis

[edit] Births

• January 12 - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educational reformer (died 1827)
• March 27 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (died 1767)

[edit] Deaths

• February 4 - Robert Blair (poet), Scottish poet (born 1699)
• May 22 - Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (born 1660)
• December 6 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (born 1665)