1786 in literature
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[edit] Events
- January 19 - Franziska Stading plays the female lead in Gustav Vasa at the Royal Swedish Opera.
- The Story of the Learned Pig, a satire based on the idea that the learned pig was the reincarnation of Romulus, Brutus, the Duke of Marborough and wrote William Shakespeare's plays.
[edit] New books
- William Thomas Beckford - Vathek
- James Boswell - Dorado, a Spanish Tale (published anonymously)
- The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, translated from the German by G. A. Bürger
- Harriet Lee - The Errors of Innocence
- Sarah Trimmer - Fabulous Histories
[edit] New drama
- Tituš Brezovački - Sveti Aleksij
- John Burgoyne - The Heiress
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Iphigenia in Tauris (verse version)
- Elizabeth Inchbald – The Widow’s Vow
- John O'Keeffe - Love in a Camp
[edit] New poetry
Main article: 1786 in poetry
[edit] Non-fiction
[edit] Births
- February 3 - Wilhelm Gesenius, philologist and theologian (died 1842
- February 24 - Wilhelm Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (died 1859)
- May 12 - Jean-François Barrière, historian (died 1868)
- June 20 - Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, poet (died 1859)
- August 25 - James Silk Buckingham, journalist and travel writer (died 1855)
- October 23 - Barron Field, poet (died 1846)
[edit] Deaths
- January 19 - John Duncombe, poet and journalist (born 1729)
- March 11 - Jacobus Bellamy, poet (born 1757)
- May 4 - Johann Kaspar Füssli, artist, scientist and publisher (born 1743)
- August 15 - Thomas Tyrwhitt, critic (born 1730)
- December 26 - Gasparo Gozzi, dramatist and critic (born 1713)
- date unknown
- Jan Tomáš Kuzník, musician and poet (born 1716)
- Thomas Thistlewood, diarist (born 1721)
