1764 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• October 15 - While visiting Rome, Edward Gibbon observes a group of barefoot friars singing vespers in the ruined Temple of Jupiter, a sight which inspires him to begin work on a history that will be published as The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
• The Hartford Courant begins publication.

[edit] New books

• Bywyd a Marwolaeth Theomemphus (Welsh language) - William Williams Pantycelyn
• The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole
• The Nun: An Elegy - Edward Jerningham
• Philosophic Dictionary - Voltaire
• The Surprises of Love - John Cleland

[edit] Births

• February 11 - Joseph Chénier, French poet (died 1811)
• April 20 - Rudolph Ackermann, publisher (died 1834)
• July 9 - Ann Radcliffe (died 1823)

[edit] Deaths

• September 23 - Robert Dodsley (born 1703)
• November 4 - Charles Churchill, poet and satirist (born 1731)