This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1780.
Events
- September/October – Richard Brinsley Sheridan is elected to Parliament in the 1780 British general election.
- December – Karl von Marinelli becomes head of the Schultz theatre company (Schultzsche Gesellschaft) of Baden.[1]
- unknown dates
- Det Dramatiske Selskab in Christiania, an amateur acting troupe, is formed and gives the first regular stage performances in Norway.
- A legal deposit law entitles the Załuski Library in Warsaw to a copy of every book published in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2]
New books
Fiction
- Elizabeth Blower – The Parsonage House
- Herbert Croft – Love and Madness
- Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire – The Sylph
- Thomas Holcroft – Alwyn
- Samuel Jackson Pratt – Emma Corbett, or, The miseries of civil war
Children
- Mrs. Trimmer – An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature, and Reading the Holy Scriptures. Adapted to the Capacities of Children
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
- March 10 – Frances Trollope, English novelist (died 1863)
- June 1 – Carl von Clausewitz, German soldier and military historian and theorist (died 1831)
- June 3 – William Hone, English satirist (died 1842)
- August 14 – George Croly, Irish poet, novelist and historian (died 1860)
- November 27 – William Cardell, American grammarian and writer of boys' stories (died 1828)[3]
- December 20 – John Wilson Croker, Irish statesman and author (died 1857)
- December 26 – Mary Somerville, Scottish science writer and polymath (died 1872)
- probable
- Maria Elizabeth Budden, English novelist and writer of didactic children's books (died 1832)
- Anna Maria Porter, English poet and novelist (died 1832)
Deaths
- January 31 – Jonathan Carver, American explorer and writer (born 1710)
- February 14 – William Blackstone, English jurist and legal author (born 1723)
- February 17 – Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (born 1706)
- April 29 – Claude Joseph Dorat, "Le Chevalier Dorat", French poet and novelist (born 1734)
- May 11 – Nicolas Fernández de Moratín, Spanish literary reformer (born 1737)
- July 14 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher (born 1713)[4]
- September 4 – Sir John Fielding, English social reformer and half-brother of Henry Fielding (born 1721)
- September 8 – Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, French novelist (born 1711)
- September 23 – Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, French salon hostess (born 1697)
- December 22 – James Harris, English grammarian (born 1709)
References
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