1762 in literature
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See also: 1761 in literature, other events of 1762, 1763 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Académie française produces new edition of its dictionary of the French language.
[edit] New books
- Anecdotes of Painting in England, volume 1 - Horace Walpole
- Éloge de Richardson - Denis Diderot
- Émile - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Le Contrat Social (The Social Contract), also by Rousseau
- Ollivier - Jacques Cazotte
- Slavonic-Bulgarian History - Paisiy Hilendarski
[edit] Births
- January 11 - Andrew Cherry (died 1812)
- September 11 - Joanna Baillie (died 1851)
- September 24 - William Lisle Bowles (died 1850)
[edit] Deaths
- August 21 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (born 1698)
