Home > 1777 in literature

1 Events

• Fanny Burney is introduced to Samuel Johnson by her father
• Robert Lowth becomes Bishop of London
• First appearance of James Boswell's The Hypochondriak in the London Magazine
• First production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, in London

2 New Books

• The Champion of Virtur by Clara Reeve

3 Births

• February 12 - Friedrich de la Motte Fouque
• July 27 - Thomas CampbellThomas Campbell ( July 27, 1777 June 15, 1844) was a Scottish poet. He was born in Glasgow, the eighth son of Alexander Campbell, His father, of the family of Campbell of Kirnan, Argyllshire, belonged to a Glasgow firm trading in Virginia, and lost his mo, Scottish poet.
• William Henry IrelandWilliam Henry Ireland (1777-1835) was a forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and plays. Literary forgery William Henry Ireland was born in London 1777. His father Samuel Ireland was a successful publisher of travelogues, collector of antiquities and, forger of Shakespeariana

4 Deaths

• October 21October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. Events 686 Conon becomes Pope. 1600 Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the b - Samuel FooteSamuel Foote ( January 27, 1720 October 21, 1777) is an English dramatist and actor, was baptized at Truro on January 27, 1720. Of his attachment to his native Cornwall, he gives no better proofs as an author than by making the country booby Timothy (in T, English dramatist