1768 in literature
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Events
- March - John Wilkes, returning from exile in France, is elected to the Parliament of Great Britain.
- May 10 - John Wilkes is imprisoned for attacking King George III of Great Britain in print.
- July 28 - Thomas Gray succeeds Lawrence Brockett as Regis Professor of History at the University of Cambridge.[1]
- John Murray (publisher) established in London.
- The Theatre Royal, Bath (Old Orchard Street Theatre) and Theatre Royal, Norwich, assume these titles having been granted Royal Patents, making them officially England's only legal provincial theatres.[2][3]
- The Ladies of Llangollen meet for the first time, in Ireland.
New books
- John Cleland - The Woman of Honour (attrib.)
- Alexander Dow, (trans) - Tales Translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi
- Voltaire - La Princesse de Babylone
New drama
- Isaac Bickerstaffe
- Lionel and Clarissa
- The Padlock
- Oliver Goldsmith - The Good-natur'd Man
- John Hoole - Cyrus
- Thomas Hull - The Royal Merchant
- Hugh Kelly - False Delicacy
- Arthur Murphy - Zenobia
- Horace Walpole - The Mysterious Mother
- William Shakespeare, ed. Edward Capell - Mr. William Shakespeare His Comedies, Histories and Tragedies
Poetry
- Isaac Hawking Browne - Poems
- Thomas Gray - Poems
- Richard Jago - Labour and Genius
- Edward Jerningham - Amabella
- Mary Wortley Montagu - Poetical Works
- Henry James Pye - Elegies
- Alexander Ross - The Fortunate Shepherdess
- Christopher Smart - The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
- William Wilkie - Fables
Non-fiction
- James Boswell - An Account of Corsica
- William Gilpin - An Essay upon Prints, containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty
- Oliver Goldsmith - The Present State of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia
- Richard Gough - Anecdotes of British Topography
- Joseph Priestley - An Essay on the First Principles of Government
- Tobias Smollett - The Present State of all Nations
- Laurence Sterne - A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy
- Gilbert Stuart - An Historical Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of the English Constitution
- Abraham Tucker as "Edward Search" - The Light of Nature Pursued
- Horace Walpole - Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III
- Arthur Young - A Six Weeks' Tour Through the Southern Counties of England and Wales
Births
- March 22 - Melesina Trench, Irish-born writer and socialite (died 1827)
- September 4 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (died 1848)
- November 18 - Zacharias Werner, German religious poet (died 1823)
- November 21 - Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian (died 1834)
Deaths
- March 1 - Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher (born 1694)
- March 18 - Laurence Sterne, novelist
- April 9 - Sarah Fielding, novelist and children's author (born 1710)
- July 4 - Willem van Haren, Dutch poet (born 1710)
- August 17 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (born 1703)
- December 20 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (born 1692)
- date unknown
- Eggert Ólafsson, Icelandic writer and linguist (born 1726) (drowned)
- Joseph Spence, memoirist and professor of poetry (born 1699)
References
- ↑ The Thomas Gray Archive: Chronology
- ↑ "History". Bath: Theatre Royal. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ↑ "Theatre Royal - Tate Wilkinson as Manager". York Guides. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
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