1763 in literature

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See also: 1762 in literature, other events of 1763, 1764 in literature, list of years in literature.

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

[edit] Events

• Marriage of Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale, later close friends and companions of Dr Samuel Johnson.
• May 16 - James Boswell is introduced to Samuel Johnson at Thomas Davies's bookshop in London

[edit] New books

• Frances Brooke - The History of Lady Julia Mandeville
• Cao Xueqin - The Chronicles of the Stone

[edit] New drama

• Frances Sheridan - The Discovery

[edit] Non-fiction

• Immanuel Kant - The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God

[edit] Births

• March 9 - William Cobbett died 1835)
• July 30 - Samuel Rogers (died 1855)

[edit] Deaths

• September 26 - John Byrom (born 1692)
• December 23 - Antoine François Prévost, French author, better known as the Abbé Prévost (born 1697)

[edit] Awards