1789 in literature
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| … 1779 . 1780 . 1781 . 1782 . 1783 . 1784 . 1785 … 1786 1787 1788 -1789- 1790 1791 1792 … 1793 . 1794 . 1795 . 1796 . 1797 . 1798 . 1799 … In poetry: 1786 1787 1788 -1789- 1790 1791 1792 |
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| … 1786 . 1787 . 1788 - 1789 - 1790 . 1791 . 1792 … … 1750s . 1760s . 1770s -1780s- 1790s . 1800s . 1810s |
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[edit] Events
- Friedrich Schiller is appointed professor of history and philosophy at Jena.
- The Children's Magazine, the first American periodical for children, is published in Hartford, Connecticut. It lasts only three months.
[edit] New books
- Elizabeth Bonhôte - Darnley Vale, or, Emelia Fitzroy
- William Hill Brown's sentimental epistolatory novel The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature, usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston.
- Richard Cumberland - Arundel
- Ann Radcliffe - The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
- James White - Earl Strongbow
[edit] New drama
[edit] New poetry
Main article: 1789 in poetry
[edit] Non-fiction
[edit] Births
- January 11 - John Payne Collier
- November 15 - James Scholefield
- December 28 – Catharine Sedgwick, American writer (d. 1867)
