1800 in literature

1800 in literature

The year 1800 in literature involved some significant events and new books.

Events

* The United States creates the Library of Congress.

New books

*Helen Craik - "The Hermit's Cell"
*Maria Edgeworth - "Castle Rackrent"
*Jane Elson - "The Romance of the Castle"
*Stéphanie Félicité, Comtesse de Genlis - "The Rival Mothers"
*Catherine Harris - "Edwardina"
*William Henry Ireland
**"Gondez the Monk"
**"Rimualdo"
*Francis Lathom – "Mystery’’
*William Linley - "Forbidden Apartments"
*Mary Meeke - "Anecdotes of the Altamont Family"
*Eliza Parsons – "The Miser and his Family"
*Regina Marie Roche
**"The Nocturnal Visit"
**"The Vicar of Lansdowne"
*Catherine Selden - "Serena"
*Horatio Smith – "A Family Story"
*Henry Summersett - "Final Retribution"
*William Frederick Williams - "Fitz-Maurice"

New drama

*Friedrich Schiller - "Maria Stuart"

Non-fiction

*Elizabeth Hamilton - "Memoirs of Modern Philosophers"
*Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - "Geschichte des europäischen Staatensystems"
*Immanuel Kant - "Logik"
*Friedrich Schelling - "System des transcendentalen Idealismus"
*Parson Weems - "The Life of Washington"

Births

* January 6 - Anna Maria Hall, novelist
* March 25 - Alexis Paulin Paris, editor of medieval French manuscripts
* May 5 - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher
* October 18 - Sir Henry Taylor, dramatist
* October 25 - Thomas Macaulay, poet
* November 27 - Fanny Kemble
* March 17 - Carlos Mauricio Montes, retarded

Deaths

* January 22 - George Steevens, Shakespearean commentator
* February 22 - Joseph Warton
* March 14 - Daines Barrington
* March 29 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
* April 25 - William Cowper, poet
* March 17 - Mauricio Montes, retard

Awards

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