1787 in literature
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Events
- January 15 - Ann Ward marries William Radcliffe, gaining the surname under which she will become known as a writer of Gothic novels.[1]
- April 17 - The Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is published by William Creech including a portrait of Burns by Alexander Nasmyth. The poet has great social success in the city's literary circles.
- June 27 - Just before midnight, Edward Gibbon completes the writing of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the small summerhouse in his garden in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- November 21 - François-Joseph Talma makes his professional stage debut at the Comédie-Française as Seide in Voltaire's Mahomet.
- December 4 - Robert Burns meets Agnes Maclehose at a party given by Miss Erskine Nimmo.[2]
- King George III of Great Britain issues a Proclamation for the Discouragement of Vice which can be used to prosecute obscene publications.
- Friedrich Schiller arrives in Weimar.
New books
- Elizabeth Bonhôte - Olivia, or, The Deserted Bride
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther, revised edition
- Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse - Ardinghello and die glückseligen Inseln
- Elizabeth Helme - Louisa; or the Cottage on the Moor
- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Paul et Virginie
- Scots Musical Museum, vol. 1
- Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken - Abraham Blankaart
New drama
- Pierre Beaumarchais - Tarare (opera)
- George Colman the Younger - Inkle and Yarico (comic opera)
- Friedrich Schiller - Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien
- Royall Tyler - The Contrast
New poetry
Main article: 1787 in poetry
Non-fiction
- Thomas Best - A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling
- Mathurin Jacques Brisson - Pesanteur Spécifique des Corps
- (Sir) John Fenn (ed.) - The Paston Letters (Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III)
- John Hawkins - Life of Samuel Johnson
- Ottobah Cugoano - Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species
- Mary Wollstonecraft - Thoughts on the Education of Daughters
Births
- April 26 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (died 1862)
- September 13 – John Adamson, English antiquary and expert on Portuguese (died 1855)
- November 4 – Edmund Kean, English actor (died 1833)
- November 21 – Bryan Procter (Barry Cornwall), English poet (died 1874)
- December 16 – Mary Russell Mitford, English novelist (died 1855)
Deaths
- April 2 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican-born historian (born 1731)
- June 19 – John Brown, Scottish theologian (born 1722)
- October 28 – Johann Karl August Musäus, German satirist and children's writer (born 1735)
- October 30 – Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist (born 1728)
- November 3 – Robert Lowth, English poet, grammarian and bishop (born 1710)
- December 19 – Soame Jenyns, English poet and essayist (born 1704)
References
- ↑ "The Mysteries of Udolpho". eNotes.
- ↑ Hecht, Hans (1936). Robert Burns: The Man and His Work. London: William Hodge. p. 106.