1783 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

• Friedrich Schiller leaves Stuttgart for Weimar to avoid persecution.
• William Cobbett arrives in London.
• August von Kotzebue is appointed to the high court of appeal in Reval.

[edit] New books

• George Crabbe - The Village

[edit] New drama

• Hannah Cowley - A Bold Stroke for a Husband

[edit] Poetry

• Lady Anne Barnard - Auld Robin Gray (ballad) (published anonymously)

[edit] Non-fiction

• Adam Ferguson - History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic
• William Godwin - Life of Lord Chatham
• Immanuel Kant - Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
• Ezra Stiles - The United States elevated to Glory and Honor
• Horace-Bénédict de Saussure - Essai sur l'hygrométrie

[edit] Births

• January 23 - Stendhal, novelist
• April 3 - Washington Irving, short story writer

[edit] Deaths

• January 2 - Johann Jakob Bodmer, journalist and critic
• April 17 - Louise d'Epinay
• October 29 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician
• Yokai Yagu, Japanese poet. (Born 1702).