1799 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Awards

[edit] Events

• Charles Lamb becomes guardian of his sister, Mary Lamb, on the death of their father.
• New edition of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, illustrated by Thomas Stothard.

[edit] New books

• Charles Brockden Brown
  • Arthur Mervyn
  • Edgar Huntly
  • Ormond
• Thomas Campbell - The Pleasures of Hope
• Elizabeth Gunning - The Gipsy Countess
• Mary Julia Young - The East Indian

[edit] New drama

• Friedrich von Schiller - Wallensteins Tod

[edit] Births

• May 20 - Honoré de Balzac, novelist
• May 23 - Thomas Hood, poet
• May 26 - Aleksandr Pushkin, poet
• November 29 - Amos Bronson Alcott
• December 30 - John Moultrie

[edit] Deaths

• February 19 - Jean-Charles de Borda
• May 18 - Pierre Beaumarchais, dramatist

[edit] Awards