1800 in literature

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See also: 1799 in literature, other events of 1800, 1801 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

• The United States creates the Library of Congress.

[edit] New books

• Helen Craik - The Hermit's Cell
• Maria Edgeworth - Castle Rackrent
• Jane Elson - The Romance of the Castle
• Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis - The Rival Mothers
• Catherine Harris - Edwardina
• William Henry Ireland
  • Gondez the Monk
  • Rimualdo
• Francis Lathom – Mystery’’
• William Linley - Forbidden Apartments
• Mary Meeke - Anecdotes of the Altamont Family
• Eliza Parsons – The Miser and his Family’’
• Regina Marie Roche
  • The Nocturnal Visit
  • The Vicar of Lansdowne
• Catherine Selden - Serena
• Horatio Smith – A Family Story’’
• Henry Summersett - Final Retribution
• William Frederick Williams - Fitz-Maurice

[edit] New drama

• Friedrich Schiller - Maria Stuart

[edit] Non-fiction

• Elizabeth Hamilton - Memoirs of Modern Philosophers
• Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Geschichte des europäischen Staatensystems
• Immanuel Kant - Logik
• Friedrich Schelling - System des transcendentalen Idealismus
• Parson Weems - The Life of Washington

[edit] Births

• January 6 - Anna Maria Hall, novelist
• March 25 - Alexis Paulin Paris, editor of medieval French manuscripts
• May 5 - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher
• October 18 - Sir Henry Taylor, dramatist
• October 25 - Thomas Macaulay, poet
• November 27 - Fanny Kemble

[edit] Deaths

• January 22 - George Steevens, Shakespearean commentator
• February 22 - Joseph Warton
• March 14 - Daines Barrington
• March 29 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
• April 25 - William Cowper, poet

[edit] Awards