1776 in literature

none July 2020 August 2020 thumb|David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Scottish historian and philosopher 1776 literature poetry This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1776. Events January 8 – The English actor John Philip Kemble makes his stage début, as Theodosius in Nathaniel Lee's eponymous tragedy, at Wolverhampton, England, with the Crump and Chamberlain company.James Boaden Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esq: Including a History of the Stage, from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period https://books.google.com/books?id=1SRaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA8 1825 R.H. Small 8 August 7 – David Hume, weeks before his death, adds a codicil to his will, giving instructions for the publication of the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, on which he has been working since 1750.David Hume The Letters of David Hume: 1766-1776 https://books.google.com/books?id=ntaSEk2AwwwC&pg=PA453 2011 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-969325-2 453 unknown dates – The Wenyuan Chamber is built in China as an imperial library in the Forbidden City of Beijing. New books Fiction Elizabeth Griffith – The Story of Lady Juliana Harley Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi – Edward Allwill's Briefsammlung Ignacy Krasicki – The Adventures of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom (Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki) (first novel in Polish) Samuel Jackson Pratt (as Courtney Melmoth) – The Pupil of Pleasure, or, The New System (Lord Chesterfield's) Illustrated Drama George Edward Ayscough (adapted from Voltaire) – Semiramis Hannah Cowley – The Runaway Samuel Foote – The Bankrupt Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Stella (first version) Friedrich Maximilian Klinger – Sturm und Drang Johann Anton Leisewitz – Julius of Taranto (first performed) Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz – The Soldiers (Die Soldaten) Arthur Murphy – Three Weeks After Marriage Heinrich Leopold Wagner – Die Kindermörderin Lope de Vega (ed. Antonio de Sancha) – Obras sueltas Poetry 1776 in poetry James Beattie – Poems Richard Graves – Euphrosyne Hannah More – Sir Eldred of the Bower, and The Bleeding Rock Jonathan Richardson – Morning Thoughts John Scott – Amwell Augustus Montague Toplady – Psalms and Hymns William Whitehead – Variety Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos – Jovino a sus amigos de Salamanca Non-fiction John Adams – Thoughts on Government James Beattie – Essays Jeremy Bentham – Fragment on Government Charles Burney – A General History of Music (completed 1789) George Campbell – The Philosophy of Rhetoric David Dalrymple – Annals of Scotland Edward Gibbon – The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 1 Oliver Goldsmith – A Survey of Experimental Philosophy Sir John Hawkins – A General History of the Science and Practice of Music David Herd – Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs Soame Jenyns – A View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion Thomas Paine Common Sense The American Crisis Richard Price – Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty Adam Smith – An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Births January – Frances Burney, English dramatist (died 1828) January 17 – Jane Porter, Scottish novelist and dramatist (died 1850) January 24 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German fantasy and horror writer (died 1822) January 25 – Joseph Görres, German writer, philosopher and theologian (died 1848) February 12 – Richard Mant, English writer and cleric (died 1848) March 9 – Archibald Bell, Scottish lawyer and miscellanist (died 1854) April 13 – Wilhelm von Schütz, German author and playwright (died 1847) July 1 – Sophie Gay, French author (died 1852) September 21 – John Fitchett, English epic poet (died 1838) September 27 – Maria Versfelt, Dutch actress and memoirist (died 1845) November 16 – Mary Matilda Betham, English diarist, scholar and poet (died 1852) November 20 – William Blackwood, Scottish publisher (died 1834) Deaths April 29 – Edward Wortley Montagu, English travel writer (born 1713) May 23 – Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (Mademoiselle de Lespinasse), French salonnière (born 1732) May 30 – Albert Frick, German theologian (born 1732)John McClintock Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature https://books.google.com/books?id=8gwMAAAAIAAJ 1894 Harper & Brothers 665 June 2 – Robert Foulis, Scottish art critic and publisher (born 1707) August 25 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian and economist (born 1711) October 17 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (born 1681)Pierre François Le Courayer A Dissertation on the Validity of the Ordinations of the English... https://books.google.com/books?id=32kgNaxoTc4C&pg=PR54 1844 J. H. Parker 54 References 30em External links 1776 Books at Goodreads