See also: 1793 in literature, other events of 1794, 1795 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1792 in literature, other events of 1793, 1794 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1794 in literature, other events of 1795, 1796 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• 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 graduates and begins his literary career.

Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and one of the so-called Lake Poets. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries such as William Wordsworth, Southeys verse enjoys enduring popularity. ... Thomas Holcroft (December 10, 1745 - March 23, 1809) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. ... Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist and critic, who was part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ...

New books

• Caleb Williams - William Godwin
• Memoirs of my own Life - Edward Gibbon
• The Age of Reason - Thomas Paine
• The Jew (comedy) - Richard Cumberland
• The Mysteries of Udolpho -Ann Radcliffe
• The Pursuits of Literature - Thomas James Mathias
• The Travels of Dean Mahomet - Sake Dean Mahomet
• View of the Evidences of Christianity - William Paley
• Caton d'Utique (play)- François Juste Marie Raynouard

Caleb Thomas Williams is a well-known American gonzo journalist based out of San Antonio. ... William Godwin William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English political and miscellaneous writer, considered one of the important precursors of both utilitarian and liberal anarchist thought. ... Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). ... The Age of Reason is a philosophical treatise written by the 18th Century American philosopher and patriot Thomas Paine, best remembered as the author of the political pamphlet Common Sense, credited with exciting colonial opinion in support of the American Revolutionary War. ... Thomas Paine Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 – June 8, 1809), intellectual, scholar, revolutionary, and idealist, is widely recognized as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. ... Richard Cumberland (February 19, 1732 - May 7, 1811) was an English dramatist and civil servant. ... Ann Radcliffe (July 9, 1764 - February 7, 1823) was an English author, a pioneer of the gothic novel. ... Thomas James Mathias (1754? - 1835) was a British satirist. ... Sake Dean Mahomet (1759- 1851) is thought to be the first native East Indian to have written a book in the English language. ... Sake Dean Mahomet (or Mahomed; Shaykh Din Muhammad in Arabic ) (1759-1851) is thought to have been the first native East Indian to have written a book in the English language. ... William Paley William Paley (July, 1743 - May 25, 1805), English divine, Christian apologist and philosopher, was born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire. ... François Juste Marie Raynouard (September 8, 1761 - October 27, 1836), was a French dramatist and savant. ...

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

January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jean-Philibert Damiron (January 10, 1794 - January 11, 1862) was a French philosopher. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Anna Brownell Jameson (May 17, 1794 - March 17, 1860), British writer, was born in Dublin. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... William Whewell William Whewell (May 24, 1794 – March 6, 1866) was an Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian and historian of science. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jean-Henri Merle dAubigné (16 August 1794 - 21 October 1872) was a Swiss Protestant minister and 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

January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Gibbon (1737-1794). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Jacques René Hébert Jacques René Hébert (November 15, 1757 - March 24, 1794) was editor of the extreme radical newspaper Le Père Duchesne during the French Revolution. ... 13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... Nicolas Chamfort (1741 - April 13, 1794), was a French writer. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Fabre dÉglantine Philippe François Nazaire Fabre dÉglantine, commonly known as Fabre dÉglantine (28 July 1750 - 5 April 1794), was a French dramatist and revolutionary. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Sir William Jones (September 28, 1746 – April 27, 1794) was a British philologist and student of ancient India, particularly known for his proposition of the existence of a relationship among Indo-European languages. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Girolamo Tiraboschi (December 8, 1731 - June 3, 1794) was an Italian author. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Gottfried August Bürger Gottfried August Bürger (January 1, 1748 - June 8, 1794), German poet, was born at Molmerswende near Halberstadt, of which village his father was the Lutheran pastor. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Jean-Antoine Roucher (February 22, 1745 - July 25, 1794), was a French poet. ... André Chénier André Marie Chénier (October 30, 1762 - July 25, 1794) was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution. ... Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736 - 1794) was a German librarian, writer and rogue. ... Image of Dores Munchausen provided by IronOrchid Photo Clipart Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron von Münchhausen (11 May 1720 – 22 February 1797) was a German nobleman who in his youth was sent to serve as page to Prince Anton Ulrich of Brunswick and later joined the Russian military. ...

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