1786 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

• The Story of the Learned Pig (anonymous) is one of the first books to cast doubt on the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays.

[edit] New books

• William Thomas Beckford - Vathek
• James Boswell - Dorado, a Spanish Tale (published anonymously)
• The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, translated from the German by G. A. Bürger
• Harriet Lee - The Errors of Innocence

[edit] New drama

• John Burgoyne - The Heiress
• Elizabeth Inchbald – The Widow’s Vow

[edit] Poetry

• Robert Burns - Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

[edit] Non-fiction

• Hester Thrale - Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson

[edit] Births

• February 3 - Wilhelm Gesenius
• February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm
• August 25 - James Silk Buckingham

[edit] Deaths

• November 25 - Richard Glover
• December 26 - Gasparo Gozzi