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Overview of the events of 1785 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1785.
Events
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January 1
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February 2 –
Sarah Siddons makes her London debut in her most famous rôle,
Lady Macbeth, at the
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
[2]
- February – The English heiress
Mary Bowes escapes from her husband,
Andrew Robinson Stoney, and begins divorce proceedings.
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April 14 – After today's death of the English poet
William Whitehead in London,
Thomas Warton succeeds him as
Poet Laureate of Great Britain,
William Mason having refused the post.
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May 22 –
Robert Burns' first child, Elizabeth ("Dear-bought Bess"), is born to his mother's servant,
Elizabeth Paton.
[3]
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June 23 – The
Litvak
rabbi and writer
Aryeh Leib ben Asher Gunzberg dies at
Metz in France after a book-case topples on him, according to tradition.
[4]
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November 28 – The
Marquis de Sade finishes writing
The 120 Days of Sodom (Les 120 Journées de Sodome) while imprisoned in the
Bastille; it will not be published until
1904.
- unknown date
New books
Fiction
Children
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Births
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January 4 –
Jakob Grimm, German philologist, jurist and mythologist (died
1863)
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January 31 –
Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová, Czech cookery writer (died
1845)
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March 3 –
Frances Mary Richardson Currer, English heiress and bibliophile (died
1861)
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March 7 –
Alessandro Manzoni, Italian poet and novelist (died
1873)
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March 18 –
He Changling (賀長齡), Chinese scholar and writer on governance (died
1848)
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March 21 –
Henry Kirke White, English poet (died
1806)
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April 4 –
Bettina von Arnim, German novelist (died
1859)
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April 7 –
Lorenzo Hammarsköld, Swedish poet and author (died
1827)
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May 3 –
Vicente López y Planes, Argentine politician and writer (died
1856)
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May 18 –
John Wilson (Christopher North), Scottish writer (died
1854)
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August 15 –
Thomas De Quincey, English essayist (died
1859)
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October 18 –
Thomas Love Peacock, English novelist, poet and
East India Company official (died
1866)
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October 30 –
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau – German travel and gardening writer (died
1871)
- unknown date –
Neofit Bozveli, Bulgarian educator and clergyman, early figure in the
Bulgarian National Revival (died
1848)
Deaths
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January 19 –
Jonathan Toup, English classicist, critic and cleric (born
1713)
[7]
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April 14 –
William Whitehead, English
poet laureate (born
1715)
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May 4 –
János Sajnovics, Hungarian linguist (born
1733)
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August 31 –
Pietro Chiari, Italian playwright, novelist and librettist (born
1712)
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September 17 –
Antoine Léonard Thomas, French poet and critic (born
1732)
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November 12 –
Richard Burn, English legal writer (born
1709)
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November 25 –
Richard Glover, English poet and politician (born
1712)
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December 6 –
Kitty Clive, English actress and writer of farce (born
1711)
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December 18 –
Joseph Allegranza, Milanese historian (born
1715)
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December 29 –
Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-born Danish poet and satirist (born
1742)
- unknown date –
Ali Haider Multani, Punjabi
Sufi poet (born
1690)
[8]
References
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^ Steinberg, S. H. (2017).
Five Hundred Years of Printing. Courier Dover Publications. p. 14.
ISBN
9780486814452.
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^
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).
"Siddons, Sarah" .
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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^
"Paton, Elizabeth". The Burns Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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^ Eleff, Zev (Winter 2012).
"The Wages of Criticism".
Jewish Review of Books. 8. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
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^ Walter M. Weiss (1997).
Looking for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A Travel Companion Through Salzburg, Prague & Vienna. Brandstätter. p. 90.
ISBN
978-3-85447-729-7.
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^ Holbrook, Stewart H. (1940). Ethan Allen. New York: MacMillan.
ISBN
0-395-24908-2.
OCLC
975403.
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^ John Burke (1838).
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours. H. Colburn. p. 297.
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^ Bakhshish Singh Nijjar (1968).
Panjāb Under the Great Mughals, 1526-1707. Thacker. p. 173.