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Overview of the events of 1779 in literature
Overview of the events of 1779 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1779 .
Events New books Fiction Children Drama Poetry Non-fiction Births January 18 – Peter Mark Roget , English lexicographer (died 1869 )March 1 – Gottfried Weber , German writer on music (died 1839 )March 3 – Matthäus Casimir von Collin , Austrian poet and dramatist (died 1824 )March 10 – Frances Trollope (born Frances Milton), English novelist and writer (died 1863 )March 30 – Antoine Ó Raifteiri , Irish Gaelic poet (died 1835 )May 2 – John Galt , Scottish novelist and entrepreneur (died 1839 )[3] May 28 – Thomas Moore , Irish poet and songwriter (died 1852 )August 1 – Francis Scott Key , American poet (died 1843 )September 10 – Alexander Voeykov , Russian poet (died 1839 )November 14 – Adam Oehlenschläger , Danish Romantic poet and dramatist (died 1850 )December 22 – Thomas Gaisford , English classicist (died 1855 )December 31 – Horace (Horatio) Smith , English poet and novelist (died 1849 )[4] Deaths January 20 – David Garrick , English dramatist, actor and impresario (born 1717 )[5] March 4 – Heinrich Leopold Wagner , German dramatist (born 1747 )June 7 – William Warburton , English writer, critic and cleric (born 1698 )June 10 – William Kenrick , English novelist, playwright and satirist (born c. 1725)July 10 – Jane Gomeldon , English essayist and writer of maxims (born c. 1720)[6] July 21 – Caleb Fleming , English minister and pamphleteer (born 1698 )[7] November 16 – Pehr Kalm , Swedish/Finnish botanist, naturalist and travel writer (born 1716 )December 22 – István Küzmics (Števan Küzmič), Hungarian writer in Prekmurje Slovene (Wendish) (born c. 1723)References
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