1759 in literature
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See also: 1758 in literature, other events of 1759, 1760 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie is formally suppressed by the French government.
- Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch becomes professor of rhetoric and poetry at the University of Jena.
- William Warburton becomes Bishop of Gloucester.
[edit] New books
- Samuel Johnson - The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
- Gotthold Lessing - Fables
- Voltaire - Candide
[edit] Non-fiction
- Adam Smith - Theory of Moral Sentiments
- Arthur Young - ''Reflections on the Present State of Affairs at Home and Abroad
[edit] Births
- January 25 - Robert Burns, poet (died 1796)
- March 29 - Alexander Chalmers, journalist (died 1834)
- April 27 - Mary Wollstonecraft, feminist writer (died 1797)
- November 10 - Friedrich Schiller, poet and dramatist (died 1805)
- December 25 - Richard Porson, classical scholar (died 1808)
[edit] Deaths
- June 12 - William Collins, poet (born 1721)
- July 27 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, philosopher (born 1698)
- August 6 - Eugene Aram, philologist (born 1704)
- August 24 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, poet (born 1715)
- September 5 - Lauritz de Thurah, architectural historian (born 1706)
- October 7 - Joseph Ames, bibliographer (born 1680)
- probable - Anton Wilhelm Amo, philosopher (born 1703)
