1744 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• Samuel Foote makes his debut as an actor.
• Eliza Haywood launches a new periodical, The Female Spectator

[edit] New books

• Sarah Fielding - The Adventures of David Simple
• Edward Moore - Fables for the Female Sex
• John Newbery - A Little Pretty Pocket-Book

[edit] Poetry

• Mark Akenside - The Pleasures of the Imagination

[edit] Non-fiction

• Emilie de Breteuil, marquise du Chatelet -Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu
• Samuel Johnson - Life of Savage

[edit] Births

• February 10 - William Mitford, historian (died 1827)
• August 25 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet (died 1803)

[edit] Deaths

• May 30 - Alexander Pope (born 1688)
• unknown date - Charlotte Fielding, wife of Henry Fielding; she was his model for the heroine of Tom Jones