See also: 1815 in literature, other events of 1816, 1817 in literature, list of years in literature. See also: 1814 in literature, other events of 1815, 1816 in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1816 in literature, other events of 1817, 1818 in literature, list of years in literature. ... This page indexes the individual year in literature pages. ...

Events

New books

• The Abbess of Valtiera - Agnes Lancaster
• The Antiquary - Sir Walter Scott
• Brougham Castle - Jane Harvey
• Chronicles of an Illustrious House - Anne Hatton
• Craig Melrose Abbey - Henrietta Roviere
• Emma - Jane Austen
• English Quaker - John Hoyland
• Glenarvon - Caroline Lamb
• Headlong Hall - Thomas Love Peacock
• Ilderim, a Syrian Tale - Henry Gally Knight
• The Itching Parrot - Jose Joaquin Fernandez De Lizardi
• Kubla Khan (written in 1797) and Christabel - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• The Maid of Moscow - Barbara Hofland
• The Original of the Miniature - Selina Davenport
• The Orphan of Tintern Abbey - Sophia F.Ziegenhirt
• Owen Castle - Ann Sullivan
• The Reformist - Sarah Green
• Statesman's Manual - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In his novel Italic textThe AntiquaryItalic text Walter Scott romanticises the life of a collector of old things. ... For the first Premier of Saskatchewan see Thomas Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott (August 14, 1771 - September 21, 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe. ... Emma is a novel by Jane Austen, generally regarded as the most perfectly constructed of all her works. ... Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum) Jane Austen (December 16, 1775–July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. ... Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828) was an English aristocrat, the only daughter of the Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Ponsonby, the Countess. ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... Henry Gally Knight (1786 - 1846), a country gentleman of Yorkshire, educated at Eton and Cambridge, was the author of several Oriental tales, Ilderim, a Syrian Tale (1816), Phrosyne, a Grecian Tale, and Alashtar, an Arabian Tale (1817). ... Generally considered the first Latin American novel, Mexican author José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardis El Periquillo Sarniento (The Mangy Parrot) was written in 1816, though due to government censorship the last of four volumes was not published until 1831. ... José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776 - 1827) was a Mexican journalist and novelist and the author of the first Latin American novel (El Periquillo Sarniento, The Mangy Parrot). ... Kubla Khan is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge which takes its title from the Mongol/Chinese emperor Kublai Khan, of the Yuan dynasty. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher and, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and as one of the Lake Poets. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher and, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and as one of the Lake Poets. ...

Births

• April 21- Charlotte Brontë (+ 1855)

April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Charlotte Brontë - idealized portrait, 1873 (based on a drawing by George Richmond, 1850) Charlotte Brontë (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Deaths

• February 22 - Adam Ferguson, philosopher
• July 7 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Adam Ferguson (June 20, 1723 – February 22, 1816), philosopher, proto-sociologist and historian in the Scottish Enlightenment, was born at Logierait in Perthshire, Scotland. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and politician. ...

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