1758 in literature
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See also: 1757 in literature, other events of 1758, 1759 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- Voltaire buys estate at Ferney.
- Annual Register founded by Edmund Burke and Robert Dodsley.
- Jean-François Marmontel enters the service of Madame de Pompadour.
- Samuel Johnson begins his essay series, The Idler.
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her family move to Warrington in Cheshire.
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis moves to his final home at Basel, Switzerland.
[edit] New books
- Claude Adrien Helvétius - De l'Esprit
- Benjamin Franklin - Father Abraham's Sermon
- Charlotte Lennox - Henrietta
[edit] New drama
- John Cleland - Tombo-Chiqui, or, The American Savage (not produced)
[edit] Births
- October 16 - Noah Webster (died 1843)
- December 9 - Richard Colt Hoare (died 1838)
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Allan Ramsay, poet (born 1686)
- March 22 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian (born 1703)
- December 25 - James Hervey, religious writer (born 1714)
- date unknown - Theophilus Cibber, dramatist and actor, son of Colley Cibber (born 1703)
