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Overview of the events of 1790 in literature
Overview of the events of 1790 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1790 .
Events New books Fiction Drama Poetry Non-fiction Births January 1 – James Wills , Irish poet (died 1868 )January 10 – Anders Abraham Grafström , Swedish historian, priest and poet (died 1870 )January 29 – George Métivier , Guernsey poet writing in Guernésiais (died 1881 )March 3 – John Austin , English legal philosopher (died 1859 )March 6 – Jacques Arago , French traveler and writer (died 1855 )March 18 – Marquis de Custine , French aristocrat and travel writer (died 1857 )June 9 – Abel-François Villemain , French politician and writer (died 1870 )June 24 – Helena Ekblom , Swedish writer and preacher (died 1859 )July 8 – Fitz-Greene Halleck , American poet (died 1867 )August 8 – Ferenc Kölcsey , Hungarian poet and critic (died 1838 )[8] October 1 – Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna , English novelist (died 1846 )October 21 – Alphonse de Lamartine , French poet (died 1869 )December 8 – Richard Carlile , English advocate of suffrage and press freedom (died 1843 )December 25 – Anna Eliza Bray , English novelist and travel writer (died 1883 )Unknown date — Mary Diana Dods (also as David Lyndsay and Walter Sholto Douglas), Scottish writer (died 1830 in literature )Deaths February 19 – Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras , man of letters (born 1744 ; executed)March 20 – Thomas Richards of Coychurch , cleric and lexicographer (born c.1710)[9] April 3 – Ephraim Kuh , German poet, 58/9[10] April 29 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin , French art critic (born 1715 )[11] May 2 – Martin Madan , English writer and cleric (born 1726 )May 6 – Jacques Antoine Hippolyte, Comte de Guibert , French military writer (born 1743 )May 21 – Thomas Warton , English poet and literary historian (born 1798 )[12] July 7 – François Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher (born 1721 )[13] July 17 – Adam Smith , Scottish philosopher and political economist (born 1723 )[14] July 25 – William Livingston , American political writer and politician (born 1723 )[15] probable – Marc-Antoine Eidous , French encyclopedist (born c. 1724)[16] References
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