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*[[March 16]] – [[Henry Brooke (writer)|Henry Brooke]]'s drama ''Gustavus Vasa'' becomes the first play banned under the [[Licensing Act 1737]].<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Julia Swindells |author2=David Francis Taylor |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737–1832 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBRwAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 |year=2014 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-960030-4 |pages=129}}</ref> |
*[[March 16]] – [[Henry Brooke (writer)|Henry Brooke]]'s drama ''Gustavus Vasa'' becomes the first play banned under the [[Licensing Act 1737]].<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Julia Swindells |author2=David Francis Taylor |title=The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737–1832 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBRwAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129 |year=2014 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-960030-4 |pages=129}}</ref> |
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*April – [[John Wesley]] first preaches in the open air, at Whitefield's invitation.<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Erwin Fahlbusch |author2=Geoffrey William Bromiley |author3=Jan Milic Lochman |title=The Encyclopedia of Christianity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZUBZlth2qgC&pg=PA728 |date=14 February 2008 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-2417-2 |pages=728}}</ref> |
*April – [[John Wesley]] first preaches in the open air, at Whitefield's invitation.<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Erwin Fahlbusch |author2=Geoffrey William Bromiley |author3=Jan Milic Lochman |title=The Encyclopedia of Christianity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZUBZlth2qgC&pg=PA728 |date=14 February 2008 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-2417-2 |pages=728}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | *''unknown date'' – The first Bible in the [[Estonian language]], ''Piibli Ramat'' translated by [[Anton thor Helle]], is published.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bruce M. Metzger|author2=Michael David Coogan|title=The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aml3tEWoOVEC&pg=PA524|date=20 December 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-514917-3|pages=524}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | *The first Bible in the [[Estonian language]], ''Piibli Ramat'' translated by [[Anton thor Helle]], is published.<ref>{{ |
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*[[William Law]] – ''The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration'' |
*[[William Law]] – ''The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration'' |
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*[[John Mottley]] (as Elijah Jenkins) – ''[[Joe Miller (actor)|Joe Miller]]'s Jests; or, the Wits Vade-Mecum'' |
*[[John Mottley]] (as Elijah Jenkins) – ''[[Joe Miller (actor)|Joe Miller]]'s Jests; or, the Wits Vade-Mecum'' |
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*[[Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent|Robert Nugent]] (attributed) – ''An Epistle to Sir Robert Walpole'' |
*[[Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent|Robert Nugent]] (attributed) – ''An Epistle to Sir Robert Walpole''<ref>{{cite book|author=Emrys Jones|title=Friendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Politics of Private Virtue in the Age of Walpole|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bdOc3IRsn0C&pg=PT126|date=13 June 2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-30050-8|pages=126}}</ref> |
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*[[John Oldmixon]] – ''The History of England during the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth'' |
*[[John Oldmixon]] – ''The History of England during the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth''<ref>{{cite book|author=Laird Okie|title=Augustan Historical Writing: Histories of England in the English Enlightenment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQFAKZ5RjD0C&pg=PA93|year=1991|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-8191-8050-6|pages=93}}</ref> |
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*[[Laetitia Pilkington]] – ''The Statues'' |
*[[Laetitia Pilkington]] – ''The Statues'' |
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*[[Samuel Richardson]] – ''Aesop's Fables'' |
*[[Samuel Richardson]] – ''Aesop's Fables'' |
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*[[Moses Browne]] – ''Poems'' |
*[[Moses Browne]] – ''Poems'' |
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*[[Mary Collier]] – ''The Woman's Labour: an epistle to Mr [[Stephen Duck]]'' |
*[[Mary Collier]] – ''The Woman's Labour: an epistle to Mr [[Stephen Duck]]''<ref>{{cite book|author1=Donna Landry|author2=Professor Donna Landry|title=The Muses of Resistance: Laboring-Class Women's Poetry in Britain, 1739-1796|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBRnMoG67NwC&pg=PA56|year=1990|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-37412-5|pages=56}}</ref> |
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*[[Mikhail Lomonosov]] – ''Ode on the Taking of Khotin from the Turks'' |
*[[Mikhail Lomonosov]] – ''Ode on the Taking of Khotin from the Turks'' |
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*[[Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent|Robert Nugent]] |
*[[Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent|Robert Nugent]] |
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*[[August 31]] – [[Johann Augustus Eberhard]], German theologian and philosopher (died [[1809 in literature|1809]]) |
*[[August 31]] – [[Johann Augustus Eberhard]], German theologian and philosopher (died [[1809 in literature|1809]]) |
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*[[November 20]] – [[Jean-François de la Harpe]], French critic (died [[1803 in literature|1803]]) |
*[[November 20]] – [[Jean-François de la Harpe]], French critic (died [[1803 in literature|1803]]) |
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| ⚫ | *''unknown date'' – [[Hugh Kelly (poet)|Hugh Kelly]], Irish-born dramatist and poet (died [[1777 in literature|1777]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Anderton Read|title=The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices by C.A. Read (T.P. O'Connor).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6ECAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA289|year=1879|pages=289}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | *[[Hugh Kelly (poet)|Hugh Kelly]], Irish-born dramatist and poet (died [[1777 in literature|1777]])<ref>{{ |
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==Deaths== |
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*[[September 4]] – [[George Lillo]], English dramatist and actor (born [[1691 in literature|1691]])<ref>{{Cite book |author1=George Lillo |author2=Thomas Davies |title=Mr. Lillo's Life. Silvia; or The Country Burial, an opera. George Barnwall, a tragedy. The Life of Scanderbeg. The Christian Hero, a tragedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ARY4W8JLTYC&pg=PA32 |year=1810 |publisher=W. Lowndes |pages=32}}</ref> |
*[[September 4]] – [[George Lillo]], English dramatist and actor (born [[1691 in literature|1691]])<ref>{{Cite book |author1=George Lillo |author2=Thomas Davies |title=Mr. Lillo's Life. Silvia; or The Country Burial, an opera. George Barnwall, a tragedy. The Life of Scanderbeg. The Christian Hero, a tragedy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ARY4W8JLTYC&pg=PA32 |year=1810 |publisher=W. Lowndes |pages=32}}</ref> |
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*[[October 18]] – [[António José da Silva]], Brazilian dramatist (born [[1705 in literature|1705]])<ref>{{Cite book |author1=António Teixeira |author2=Juliet Perkins |author3=António José da Silva |title=A critical study and translation of António José da Silva's Cretan labyrinth: a puppet opera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QcUYAQAAIAAJ |year=2004 |publisher=E. Mellen Press |isbn=978-0-7734-6519-0 |page=35}}</ref> |
*[[October 18]] – [[António José da Silva]], Brazilian dramatist (born [[1705 in literature|1705]])<ref>{{Cite book |author1=António Teixeira |author2=Juliet Perkins |author3=António José da Silva |title=A critical study and translation of António José da Silva's Cretan labyrinth: a puppet opera |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QcUYAQAAIAAJ |year=2004 |publisher=E. Mellen Press |isbn=978-0-7734-6519-0 |page=35}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1739.
Events
- January 16 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul is first performed at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London.[1]
- February 9 – The Scots Magazine first appears.[2]
- February 17 – George Whitefield first preaches in the open air, to miners at Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England.[3]
- March 16 – Henry Brooke's drama Gustavus Vasa becomes the first play banned under the Licensing Act 1737.[4]
- April – John Wesley first preaches in the open air, at Whitefield's invitation.[5]
- unknown date – The first Bible in the Estonian language, Piibli Ramat translated by Anton thor Helle, is published.[6]
New books
Prose
- Penelope Aubin – A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels
- John Campbell – The Travels and Adventures of Edward Bevan, Esq., formerly a merchant in London
- Elizabeth Carter
- Examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man (translation of De Crousaz's Examen de l'essai de Monsieur Pope sur l'homme)
- Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Explain'd for the Use of Ladies (translation of Algarotti's Newtonianismo per le donne)
- Philip Doddridge – The Family Expositor
- Henry Fielding (as Captain Hercules Vinegar) – The Champion (periodical)
- Richard Glover – London
- David Hume (anonymously) – A Treatise of Human Nature (issued late 1738 but dated this year)
- William Law – The Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration
- John Mottley (as Elijah Jenkins) – Joe Miller's Jests; or, the Wits Vade-Mecum
- Robert Nugent (attributed) – An Epistle to Sir Robert Walpole[7]
- John Oldmixon – The History of England during the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth[8]
- Laetitia Pilkington – The Statues
- Samuel Richardson – Aesop's Fables
- Elizabeth Singer Rowe – Miscellaneous Works
- Thomas Sheridan – The Satires of Juvenal Translated
- Joseph Trapp – The Nature, Folly, Sin, and Danger, of Being Righteous Over-much (against George Whitefield)
- Voltaire
- De la Gloire, ou entretien avec un Chinois
- Conseils a M. Helvetius
- Isaac Watts – The World to Come
- George Whitefield – A Continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal
- Paul Whitehead – Manners
Drama
- Daniel Bellamy – Miscellanies in Prose and Verse
- Henry Brooke – Gustavus Vasa
- Henry Carey – Nancy (opera)
- Thomas Cooke – The Mournful Nuptials (not acted)
- David Mallet – Mustapha
- James Miller – An Hospital for Fools
- Edward Phillips – Britons, Strike Home
- William Shirley – The Parricide
- James Thomson – Edward and Eleonara
Poetry
- Moses Browne – Poems
- Mary Collier – The Woman's Labour: an epistle to Mr Stephen Duck[9]
- Mikhail Lomonosov – Ode on the Taking of Khotin from the Turks
- Robert Nugent
- An Ode on Mr. Pulteney
- An Ode, to His Royal Highness on His Birthday
- Odes and Epistles
- Jonathan Swift – Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift
- John Wesley – Hymns and Sacred Poems
Births
- January – Twm o'r Nant, Welsh playwright and poet (died 1810)
- August 31 – Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (died 1809)
- November 20 – Jean-François de la Harpe, French critic (died 1803)
- unknown date – Hugh Kelly, Irish-born dramatist and poet (died 1777)[10]
Deaths
- June 20 – Edmond Martène, French historian (born 1654)[11]
- July 25 – Johann Christoph Wolf, German Hebrew scholar and bibliographer (born 1683)[12]
- September 4 – George Lillo, English dramatist and actor (born 1691)[13]
- October 18 – António José da Silva, Brazilian dramatist (born 1705)[14]
- probable – Liu Zhi (劉智), Chinese Muslim scholar (born c. 1660)
References
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Ward, A. W. (2009). The Cambridge History of English Literature. Vol. 9. p. 614.
- ^ Mathew Backholer (29 January 2018). Reformation to Revival, 500 Years of God’s Glory: Sixty Revivals, Awakenings and Heaven-Sent Visitations of the Holy Spirit. ByFaith Media. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-907066-61-0.
- ^ Julia Swindells; David Francis Taylor (2014). The Oxford Handbook of the Georgian Theatre 1737–1832. OUP Oxford. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-19-960030-4.
- ^ Erwin Fahlbusch; Geoffrey William Bromiley; Jan Milic Lochman (14 February 2008). The Encyclopedia of Christianity. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 728. ISBN 978-0-8028-2417-2.
- ^ Bruce M. Metzger; Michael David Coogan (20 December 2001). The Oxford Guide to Ideas & Issues of the Bible. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-19-514917-3.
- ^ Emrys Jones (13 June 2013). Friendship and Allegiance in Eighteenth-Century Literature: The Politics of Private Virtue in the Age of Walpole. Springer. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-137-30050-8.
- ^ Laird Okie (1991). Augustan Historical Writing: Histories of England in the English Enlightenment. University Press of America. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8191-8050-6.
- ^ Donna Landry; Professor Donna Landry (1990). The Muses of Resistance: Laboring-Class Women's Poetry in Britain, 1739-1796. Cambridge University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-521-37412-5.
- ^ Charles Anderton Read (1879). The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices by C.A. Read (T.P. O'Connor). p. 289.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia. Appleton. 1910. p. 721.
- ^ George Ripley; Charles Anderson Dana (1863). The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. D. Appleton. pp. 512.
- ^ George Lillo; Thomas Davies (1810). Mr. Lillo's Life. Silvia; or The Country Burial, an opera. George Barnwall, a tragedy. The Life of Scanderbeg. The Christian Hero, a tragedy. W. Lowndes. p. 32.
- ^ António Teixeira; Juliet Perkins; António José da Silva (2004). A critical study and translation of António José da Silva's Cretan labyrinth: a puppet opera. E. Mellen Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7734-6519-0.