1792 in literature
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[edit] Events
[edit] New books
- Hugh Henry Brackenridge - Modern Chivalry: containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His servant
- Johann Baptist Durach - Philippine Welserin
- Susannah Gunning - Anecdotes of the Delborough Family
- Charlotte Turner Smith - Desmond
[edit] New drama
- Pierre Beaumarchais - La Mère coupable
- Joseph Chénier - Caïus Gracchus
- Thomas Holcroft - The Road to Ruin
[edit] New poetry
Main article: 1792 in poetry
[edit] Non-fiction
- Arthur Murphy - An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson
- Gottlob Ernst Schulze - Aenesidemus
- Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
[edit] Births
- February 10 - Frederick Marryat (Captain Marryat), novelist (d. 1848)
- April 25 - John Keble, poet (d. 1866)
- May 4 - Dorothea Primrose Campbell, poet and novelist (d. 1863)
- June 21 - Ferdinand Christian Baur, German theologian (d. 1860)
- August 4 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet (d. 1822)
- October 17 - Sir John Bowring, political economist and miscellaneous writer (d. 1872)
- November 26 - Sarah Grimké, abolitionist and writer (d. 1873)
[edit] Deaths
- April 23 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, theologian (b. 1741)
- May 4 - Giuseppe Garampi, book collector (b. 1725)
- May 12 - Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710)
- June 4
- John Burgoyne, soldier and dramatist (b. 1723)
- Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, German dramatist (b. 1751)
- August 25 - Jacques Cazotte, novelist (b. 1719)
- December 7 - Marie Jeanne Riccoboni, novelist (b. 1714)
- date unknown - Nicholas Adam, French grammarian (b. 1716)