1828 in literature
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See also: 1827 in literature, other events of 1828, 1829 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- The first volume of John James Audubon's 10-volume The Birds of America is published.
- Noah Webster publishes his 70,000 word American Dictionary of the English Language.
[edit] New books
- Africa Described, in Its Ancient and Present State - Barbara Hofland
- The Ambassador's Secretary - Jane Harvey
- The Collegians - Gerald Griffin
- The Fair Maid of Perth - Sir Walter Scott
- Italian Vengeance and English Forbearance - Selina Davenport
- De Lisle - Elizabeth Caroline Grey
- The Mummy! - Jane C. Loudon
- Pelham - Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
- Rachel Dyer - John Neal
- The Red Barn - Robert Huish
- The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas, père
- Ulrica of Saxony - Rosalia St. Clair
- Uncle Peregrine's Heiress - Anne Hatton
[edit] New drama
- Franz Grillparzer - Ein Treuer Diener
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg - Elverhøi
[edit] Non-fiction
- Washington Irving - The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
[edit] Births
- February 8 - Jules Verne, novelist and science fiction pioneer (d. 1905)
- February 12 - George Meredith, novelist and poet (d. 1909)
- February 14 - Edmond About, novelist and journalist (d. 1885)
- March 20 - Henrik Johan Ibsen, dramatist (d. 1906)
- April 4 - Margaret Oliphant (d. 1897)
- May 12 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti (d. 1882)
- September 9 - Leo Tolstoy, novelist (d. 1910)
- October 8 - Francisque Sarcey, journalist and critic (d. 1899)
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Johann Samuel Ersch, bibliographer
- January 26 - Lady Caroline Lamb, novelist and lover of Lord Byron
- March 16 - Johann Georg August Galletti, historian
- April 25 - François Benoît Hoffmann, dramatist and critic
- June 8 - William Coxe, historian
- June 11 - Dugald Stewart, philosopher
- June 21 - Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist & poet
- October 13 - Vincenzo Monti, poet
- date unknown - Henry Livingston Jr., poet
