1794 in literature

1794 in literature

"See also:" 1793 in literature, other events of 1794, 1795 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

* The rebuilt Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, designed by Henry Holland, opens on March 12.
* Robert Southey's first collection of poetry is published.
* Thomas Holcroft is indicted for treason as a member of the Society for Constitutional Information, but is released without charge.
* Ludwig Tieck is graduated and begins a literary career.

New books

Fiction

*Giorgio Ferrich - "Fabulae ab Illyricis adagiis disumptae"
*William Godwin - "Caleb Williams"
*Ann Radcliffe - "The Mysteries of Udolpho"

Non-fiction

*Edward Gibbon - "Memoirs of my own Life"
*Sake Dean Mahomet - "The Travels of Dean Mahomet"
*Thomas James Mathias - "The Pursuits of Literature"
*Thomas Paine - "The Age of Reason"
*William Paley - "View of the Evidences of Christianity"
*Walter Whiter - "Specimen of a Commentary on Shakespeare"

New drama

*Richard Cumberland - "The Jew"
*François Juste Marie Raynouard - "Caton d'Utique"

Poetry

*William Blake - "Songs of Experience"
*Isabella Kelly - "Collection of Poems and Fables"

Births

* January 11 - Jean Philibert Damiron, philosopher
* May 17 - Anna Brownell Jameson
* May 24 - William Whewell
* August 16 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné, historian of the Reformation

Deaths

* January 16 - Edward Gibbon, historian
* March 24 - Jacques Hébert, journalist
* April 13 - Nicolas Chamfort
* April 15 - Fabre d'Églantine, dramatist
* April 27 - Sir William Jones (philologist)
* June 3 - Girolamo Tiraboschi
* June 8 - Gottfried August Bürger, poet
* July 24 - Jean-Antoine Roucher and André Chénier, French poets (guillotined)
* "date unknown" - Rudolf Erich Raspe, author of the adventures of Baron Munchhausen

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