1799 in literature
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[edit] Events
- Charles Lamb becomes guardian of his sister, Mary Lamb, on the death of their father.
- New edition of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, illustrated by Thomas Stothard.
[edit] New books
- Charles Brockden Brown
- Thomas Campbell - The Pleasures of Hope
- Elizabeth Gunning - The Gipsy Countess
- William Henry Ireland - The Abbess
- Mary Julia Young - The East Indian
[edit] New drama
[edit] New Poetry
Main article: 1799 in poetry
[edit] Births
- March 13 - Maria Dorothea Dunckel, dramatist
- May 20 - Honoré de Balzac, novelist
- May 23 - Thomas Hood, poet
- May 26 - Aleksandr Pushkin, poet
- November 29 - Amos Bronson Alcott
- December 30 - John Moultrie
[edit] Deaths
- February 19 - Jean-Charles de Borda
- May 18 - Pierre Beaumarchais, dramatist
