1806 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1806.

Events

Noah Webster publishes his first English dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, recording distinctive American spellings.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe completes a preliminary version of his Faust.
Sir Roger Newdigate founds the Newdigate Prize for English Poetry at the University of Oxford. The first winner is John Wilson ("Christopher North").
Nólsoyar Páll completes his anti-Danish Fuglakvæði ("Ballad of the Birds"), one of the first significant works in the Faroese language.
December 29 – Thomas Dibdin's pantomime Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg opens at the Covent Garden Theatre in London starring Joseph Grimaldi. It runs for 111 performances.

Jane and Ann Taylor – Rhymes for the Nursery, including Jane's "The Star" ("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star").^[2]^[3]^[4]

J. C. Adelung – Mithridates, a History of Language and Dialects
Johann Gottlieb Fichte – Bericht über die Wissenschaftslehre
James Madison – An Examination of the British Doctrine which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade not Open in Time of Peace
Maria Eliza Rundell (as A Lady) – A New System of Domestic Cookery
Jane West – Letters to a Young Lady

February 1 – Jane Williams (Ysgafell), Welsh poet, folklorist and historian (died 1885)
March 6 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (died 1861)
March 26 – James Hogg, Scottish editor and publisher (died 1888)
April 17 – William Gilmore Simms, American author (died 1870)
May 20 – John Stuart Mill, English political economist and philosopher (died 1873)
July 20 – John Sterling, Scottish essayist and poet (died 1844)
July 22 – Johann Kaspar Zeuss, German historian and philologist (died 1856)
August 31 – Charles Lever, Irish novelist (died 1872)
November 11 – Georgiana Chatterton, English novelist and travel writer (died 1876)

February 12 – Gabriel-Henri Gaillard, French historian (born 1726)
February 19 – Elizabeth Carter, English poet, writer and translator (born 1717)^[5]
February 24 – Collin d'Harleville, French dramatist (born 1755)
March 3 – Heinrich Christian Boie, German poet and editor (born 1744)
April 4 – Carlo Gozzi, Venetian dramatist (born 1720)
May 6 – Ann Yearsley, English poet, writer and library proprietor (died 1753)
October 19 – Henry Kirke White, English poet (born 1785)
October 28 – Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and novelist (born 1749)
November 23 – Sir Roger Newdigate, English antiquary, politician and literary patron (born 1719)

↑ "children's literature - Historical sketches of the major literatures". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
↑ Opie, Iona; Peter (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 397–8. ISBN 0-19-860088-7.
↑ Cryer, Max (2009). Love Me Tender: the Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs. London: Frances Lincoln. pp. 83–5. ISBN 978-0-7112-2911-2.
↑ "The Star". Representative Poetry Online. University of Toronto. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
↑ "Elizabeth Carter - British author". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

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