1760 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• James Beattie becomes a professor at the University of Aberdeen.
• Fanny Burney and her family move to London.
• Edward III (play) attributed to William Shakespeare by Edward Capell.
• The MS NKS 1867 4° (Den nye kongelige samling) manuscript is authored.

[edit] New books

• Charles Johnstone - Chrysal
• Tobias Smollett - The Life and Adventures of Sir Lancelot Greaves

[edit] New drama

• George Colman the Elder – Polly Honeycomb
• Carlo Goldoni
  • La casa nova
  • I rusteghi

[edit] Poetry

• Robert Lloyd - The Actor
• Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland - translated by James Macpherson

[edit] Non-fiction

• John Balguy Sermons, vol. 2 (posthumously published)

[edit] Births

• March 10 - Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Spanish dramatist & poet (died 1828)
• May 10 - Johann Peter Hebel (died 1826)
• October 25 - Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren, German historian (died 1842)

[edit] Deaths

• March 28 - Margaret Woffington, noted actress, subject of Charles Reade's novel, Peg Woffington (born c.1720)
• April 6 - Charlotte Charke, novelist and dramatist, daughter of Colley Cibber (born 1713)
• April 10 - Jean Lebeuf, historian (born 1687)
• date unknown - Isaac Hawkins Browne (poet) (born 1705)
• date unknown - Browne Willis, historian (born 1682)