1780 in literature

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The year 1780 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

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Karl von Marinelli becomes head of the Schultz theatre company ("Schultzsche Gesellschaft") of Baden.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan is elected to Parliament

Jacob Bryant - An Address to Dr. Priestley
Edmund Burke - Speech on Oeconomical Reformation
William Combe - Letters of the Late Lord Lyttelton (forgeries)
Martin Madan - Thelyphthora (in favor of polygamy)
Johannes von Müller - Geschichten der Schweizer
John Nichols - A Select Collection of Poems
Richard Price - An Essay on the Population of England
Isaac Reed - A Select Collection of Old Plays (from Robert Dodsley's press)
William Shakespeare - Supplement to the Edition of Shakespeare's Plays Published in 1778 by Samuel Johnson and George Stevens (by Edmund Malone)
Sarah Trimmer - An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature, and Reading the Holy Scriptures (for children)
John Wesley - Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion
Arthur Young - A Tour in Ireland]]

Hannah Cowley - The Maid of Aragon
George Crabbe - The Candidate
Herbert Croft - The Abbey of Kilkhampton; or, Monumental Records for the Year 1980 (satire)
Susannah Harrison - Songs in the Night
William Hayley - An Essay on History
Anna Seward - Elegy on Captain Cook
Christoph Martin Wieland - Oberon