See also: 1806 in literature, other events of 1807, 1808 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1805 in literature, other events of 1806, 1807 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1807 in literature, other events of 1808, 1809 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

• John Wiley & Sons book publishing company founded.

Company John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ...

New books

• The Benevolent Monk - Theodore Melville
• The Castle Spectre - Sarah Wilkinson
• The Catholic - William Henry Ireland
• Constance de Lindensdorf - Sophia Frances
• Corinne - Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
• Count Eugenio - Harriet Butler
• The Demon of Sicily - Edward Montague
• The Discarded Son - Regina Marie Roche
• Ellen: Heiress of the Castle - Mary Pilkington
• Family Annals - Rachel Hunter
• The Fatal Revenge - Charles Robert Maturin
• The Fugitive Countess - Sarah Wilkinson
• The Hungarian Brothers - Anna Maria Porter
• Julien - Mary Meeke
• Legends of a Nunnery - Edward Montague
• Léopold de Circé - Cathérine F. de St-Venant
• The Libertine - Charlotte Dacre
• The Orphans of Snowdon - Elizabeth Gunning
• A Peep at our Ancestors - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse
• Phenomenology of Spirit - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
• A Summer at Brighton - Mary Julia Young
• Tales from Shakespeare - Charles Lamb & Mary Lamb
• The Wood Daemon - Matthew Gregory Lewis

William Henry Ireland (1777-1835) was a forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and plays. ... Corinne is a female name, originating in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, specifically the town of Goodsoil. ... Madame de Sta l Anne Louise Germaine de Sta l (April 22, 1766-July 14, 1817) was a French author. ... Rachel Hunter was an English novelist of the early 19th century. ... Charles Robert Maturin, also known as Charles Maturin or C.R. Maturin, was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels. ... Anna Maria Porter (1780 - 1832) and her sister, Jane (1776 - 1850), novelists, were the daughter of an Irish army surgeon, and sisters of Sir Robert Ker Porter, the painter and traveller. ... Mary Meeke was a prolific author of around 30 novels during the early 19th century, and is believed to have died in October 1816. ... The Libertine (La Matriarca) is a 1969 film (also known as The Matriarch) and stars Catherine Spaak. ... Charlotte Dacre (1782 - 1841) was a English author. ... Elizabeth Gunning (~December 1733 - December 20, 1790) was a celebrated Irish beauty and society hostess. ... The work called in German Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) has multiple different names in English, due to the translation of the German Geist variously as spirit and mind. The most important philosophical work of Hegel, it explores the concept of Geist, asking how it is that it can conceive of... G.W.F. Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 - November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. ... Charles Lamb (1775- 27 July 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the childrens book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb. ... Mary Anne Lamb (December 3, 1764 - May 20, 1847), was an English writer, the sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb. ... Matthew Gregory Lewis (July 9, 1775 - May 14, 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, often referred to as Monk Lewis, because of the success of his Gothic novel, The Monk. ...

Births

• February 27 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (+ 1882)
• September 9 - Richard Chenevix Trench, poet
• October 30 - Christopher Wordsworth, Biblical editor and commentator, nephew of William Wordsworth
• Jónas Hallgrímsson, Icelandic author

February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet who wrote many poems that are still famous today, including The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Richard Chenevix Trench (September 9, 1807 - March 28, 1886) was an Anglican archbishop and poet. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... Christopher Wordsworth (October 30, 1807 _ March 20, 1885), English bishop and man of letters, youngest son of Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity, was born in London, and was educated at Winchester and Trinity, Cambridge. ... William Wordsworth, English poet William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850) was an English poet who with Samuel Taylor Coleridge launched the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads. ... Portrait of Jónas Hallgrímsson Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807–1845) was an Icelandic author. ...

Deaths

• December 19 - Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, writer
• December 21 - John Newton, songwriter ("Amazing Grace")

December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm (December 26, 1723 - December 19, 1807), French author, the son of a German pastor, was born at Ratisbon. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... John Newton (July 24, 1725 -December 21, 1807) was an English clergyman and songwriter, best known for the hymn, Amazing Grace. Newton was born in London. ...

Awards