1739 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 Poetry 4 Non-fiction 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• John Wesley and George Whitefield both give their first open-air sermons.

[edit] New books

[edit] Poetry

• Mikhail Lomonosov - Ode on the Taking of Khotin from the Turks

[edit] Non-fiction

• David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature

[edit] Births

• November 20 - Jean-François de la Harpe, French critic (died 1803)
• date unknown
  • Johann Augustus Eberhard, theologian and philosopher (died 1809)
  • Hugh Kelly, dramatist and poet (died 1777)

[edit] Deaths

• June 20 - Edmond Martène, historian (born 1654)
• July 25 - Johann Christoph Wolf, Hebrew scholar and bibliographer (born 1683)
• October 18 - António José da Silva, dramatist (born 1705)
• date unknown
  • George Lillo, dramatist