1750 in literature

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

[edit] Events

• Tobias Smollett travels in France, collecting material for Peregrine Pickle.
• Weekly meetings for contributors to the Encyclopédie begin, at the salon of Baron d'Holbach.
• The Rambler is founded by Edward Cave; it lasts for 208 issues, and is mostly written by Samuel Johnson.
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau wins the prize of the Academy of Dijon for his Discourse on the Arts and Sciences.

[edit] New books

• John Cleland - Fanny Hill

[edit] New drama

• Carlo Goldoni - La Bottega di Caffe
• Voltaire - Oreste

[edit] Non-fiction

• Charlotte Ramsay Lennox - The Life of Harriot Stuart

[edit] Births

• January 7 - Robert Anderson (died 1803)
• September 5 - Robert Fergusson (died 1774)

[edit] Deaths

• February 8 - Aaron Hill, dramatist (born 1685)
• June 15 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (born 1684)