1806 in literature
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See also: 1805 in literature, other events of 1806, 1807 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Noah Webster publishes his first English dictionary.
[edit] New books
- Harriet Butler - Vensenshon
- Catherine Cuthbertson - Santo Sebastiano
- Charlotte Dacre - Zofloya
- Maria Edgeworth - Leonora
- Sophia Frances - Vivonio
- William Herbert -The Spanish Outlaw
- Rachel Hunter -Lady Maclairn, The Victim of Villany
- Francis Lathom - The Mysterious Freebooter
- Matthew Gregory Lewis - Feudal Tyrants
- Lady Morgan - The Wild Irish Girl
- Henrietta Rouviere Mosse - The Heirs of Villeroy
- Louisa Stanhope - Montbrasil Abbey
[edit] New drama
- Heinrich von Kleist - Der zerbrochene Krug
- Leandro Fernández de Moratín - El sí de las niñas
[edit] Poetry
- Jane & Ann Taylor - Rhymes for the Nursery
[edit] Non-fiction
- J. C. Adelung - Mithridates, a History of Language and Dialects
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte - Bericht über die Wissenschaftslehre
- James Madison - An Examination of the British Doctrine which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade not Open in Time of Peace
[edit] Births
- March 6 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet (+ 1861)
- April 17 - William Gilmore Simms, author (+ 1870)
- May 20 - John Stuart Mill, philosopher (+ 1873)
- July 20 - John Sterling, author
- August 31 - Charles Lever, Anglo-Irish novelist (+ 1872)
[edit] Deaths
- February 12 - Gabriel-Henri Gaillard, French historian
- February 24 - Collin d'Harleville, French dramatist
- March 3 - Heinrich Christian Boie, German poet and editor
- April 4 - Carlo Gozzi, Venetian dramatist
- October 28 - Charlotte Turner Smith, poet and novelist
- November 23 - Sir Roger Newdigate, founder of the Newdigate prize
